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1982 Soviet SPACESUIT Selling on EBAY $250,000 1st Woman Space Walk Communist Svetlana Savitskaya

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Channel: Helping Hermit · 2017 · News & Politics

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This is an original flown Soviet Sokol KV-2 Spacesuit worn by Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya who is the second woman in space and the first to walk in space on August 19th 1982.  Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Svaiskaya became the second woman to travel to space during the Soyuz T-7 mission.  She served two tours of duty on the Salyut 7 space station and on her second one  on July 25th 1984 and became the first woman to perform a space walk conducting experiments. The walk lasted 3.58 hours and was part of the Soyuz T-12 mission.  This Sokol-KV-2 suit was worn by Saviskaya upon re-entry into the Earths Atmosphere following her historic Soyoz T-12 mission being her last.

The Sokol-KV-2 crew rescue suit was first worn on the Soyuz T-2 spacecraft on 5 June 1980 and is still worn by Russian crews today during launch and descent.Each suit is connected to an on board life support system which supplies oxygen and electrical power, ventilation and water for the cooling garment worn underneath.  It is considered part of the Soyuz life support system.  Each suit is Taylor-made to fit individual crew members and is constructed  of two layers: an internal and external the internal part is made of an elastic-type material and keeps the suit pressurized.The external layer is made of flame -resistant fabric called "Lavsan" or "Dacron". The suit ,including the helmet and boots is integrated; only the gloves are removable and attached by means of blue anodized aluminum wrist couplings.The poly-carbonate visor can open on hinges mounted near the ears and seals with an anodized aluminum clavicle flange when closed.The hood or soft helmet"folds when the visor is raised.The wearer climbs into the suit via the zippered front opening;into the legs first,then arms and head.The Suit is then sealed by means of the appendix",flaps of cloths bound up by rubber bands.the wearer is fitted with biomedical sensors next to his skin.the Blue anodized aluminum knob on the front is a pressure regulator and there is a suit pressure gauge mounted on the left wrist.there are four connections to the suit and electrical cable for  transmitting biomedical data: another cable for communication:a ventilation tube and an oxygen tube.the suit weighs around 22 lbs. and is intended to be worn for up to 30 hours in a pressurized environment or two hours in a vacuum.

Saviskaya was twice awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title.She was also a test and sports pilot-starting from 1974 she set 14 international world records on Mig aircraft and three records in team parachute jumping.She won first place at the FAI World Aerobatic Championship in 1970. Saviskaya retired in 1993 from the Russian Air Force with the rank of Major.

On May 5 2011 Bonhan's, NY sold a Sokol spacesuit worn by Alexei Leonov during the Apollo-Soyuz Test project for $242,000. A once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a spacesuit from one of the true heroes of Aerospace who will forever be listed in the record books of human history. This suit is in excellent condition.

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