• White pressure suit with blue trim and multiple plugs and tubes
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    California businessman Dennis Tito wore this Sokol KV-2 spacesuit when he became the first tourist in space on April 28, 2001.

    The Sokol ("Falcon") spacesuit was designed in the early 1970s to protect cosmonauts during launch, landing, and emergencies. The plugs and tubes extending from the suit connect to life-support systems built into the Soyuz spacecraft. Mr. Tito donated his suit to the Museum in 2003.

  • White pressure suit with blue trim and multiple plugs and tubes

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August 2005

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Mark Avino

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SIA-687738

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