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WORKING IN SPACE

Space Shuttle astronauts monitor payloads and operate the remote manipulator arm from the aft crew station (shown here) at the rear of the flight deck. From this position, they can see into the orbiter's payload bay.

Crew members wear comfortable clothing--shirt, pants or shorts, jacket, and slipper socks--on Shuttle missions.

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These uniforms were worn by astronauts Guion Bluford on STS-8 and Sally Ride on STS-7, two 1983 Shuttle missions. Bluford, an Air Force officer with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, was the first African-American in space. Ride, with a Ph.D. in physics, was the first American woman in space. Each astronaut chooses the wording on his or her name tag.
Bluford & Ride mannequins with clothing articles:
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Tamara Jernigan, Ph.D., performs a medical checkup on U.S. Air Force Capt. Sidney Gutierrez on STS-40 in 1991.
STS-40 onboard scene
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STS 61-A crew portrait
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The crew of STS 61-A (1985) pauses for a group portrait.

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Kathryn Sullivan, first U.S. woman to walk in space, wore these gloves while she worked in the payload bay of the Shuttle on the STS 41-G mission in 1984.

Transferred from NASA

Kathryn Sullivan, first U.S. woman to walk in space, wore these gloves
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This pressure-suit glove (and its mate) was worn by Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Berezovoy during his Soyuz flights to and from the Salyut 7 space station in 1982. He spent 211 days in orbit.

Lent by The Perot Foundation

Salyut EVA glove
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