by Holger Isenberg » Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:41 pm
During Gemini XII, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell observed their glove fingers glowing when touching both hands. Reported in the post flight press conference by them at 1:05 in the recording:
https://audio.com/areoinfo/audio/3095-g ... conference
Those gloves were most likely just rubber and layers of various polymer fabrics, not the metal mesh used for the Apollo surface gloves. Neither were they those with built-in fingertip lights seen in these prototypes:
https://www.sothebys.com/buy/aaada306-0 ... bf26e7a993
The original archive audio recording, but backwards:
https://archive.org/details/3095_Gemini ... erence.wav
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https://x.com/areoinfo/status/1796348938079150517During Gemini XII, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell observed their glove fingers glowing when touching both hands. Reported in the post flight press conference by them at 1:05 in the recording:
https://audio.com/areoinfo/audio/3095-gemini-12-post-flight-press-conference
Those gloves were most likely just rubber and layers of various polymer fabrics, not the metal mesh used for the Apollo surface gloves. Neither were they those with built-in fingertip lights seen in these prototypes: https://www.sothebys.com/buy/aaada306-0ffa-408f-9051-e4574b385562/lots/dfbc8a01-c493-45c6-a275-78bf26e7a993
The original archive audio recording, but backwards: https://archive.org/details/3095_Gemini_12_Post_Flight_Press_Conference.wav
Also posted on https://x.com/areoinfo/status/1796348938079150517