• Astronaut glove featuring multiple different fabrics: a leather like fabric for the palm, a purple-colored rubber for the finger tips, and a tan fabric for the sleeve.
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    Astronauts wore special gloves during lunar excursions. Made with rubber and Neoprene interior bladders, gloves covered hands completely to the wrist and were attached to the arms of the spacesuit with aluminum rings.

  • Astronaut glove featuring multiple different fabrics: a leather like fabric for the palm, a purple-colored rubber for the finger tips, and a tan fabric for the sleeve.

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Mark Avino

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