Glowing glove fingers on Gemini 12 seen by Buzz Aldrin
Posted: 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
Also posted on https://x.com/areoinfo/status/1796348938079150517
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
Also posted on https://x.com/areoinfo/status/1796348938079150517