This is a left spacesuit glove that astronaut Ed White wore during training for his historic Gemini 4 spacewalk in June 1965. The suit is designated a G-2C, which means that it was the second version of the spacesuit that the David Clark Company submitted to NASA for the Gemini program. The gloves were made in February 1964, over a year before White's spacewalk. As a result, it differs from those actually flown on Gemini. Notably the suit and gloves have a silver coverlayer similar to Mercury program spacesuits. Initially, suit engineers thought that the silver coating's reflectivity would be adequate to protect astronauts from heat fluctuations and solar radiation during spacewalks. Subsequent tests determined that a layered, white, fire resistant coverlayer performed better.
NASA transferred the gloves and spacesuit to the Museum in 1972.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.