NASA Astronaut Edward Lu Spacesuit Sokol KV-2 Pair of Gloves

Description

NASA Astronaut Edward Lu’s pair of Sokol KV-2 space suit gloves. The gloves are marked on the inner wrist with serial number, and printed in blue with Lu’s Cyrillic initials,   The gloves bear blue anodized aluminum wrist couplings designed to attach the suit, with the right hand coupling marked on the interior, and fading to the numbers on left hand. In overall fine condition.  Astronaut Edward Lu flew on space shuttle missions STS-84 in 1997 and STS-106 in 2000; during the latter he carried out a six-hour EVA spacewalk to perform construction work on the International Space Station. Having served as flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-2, Lu spent six months in space in 2003 as part of ISS Expedition 7, working in tandem with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. Letter of authenticity will accompany this artifact.