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Artifact:  Yuri Malenchenko's flown Sokol KV-2 spacesuit glove Date of use: July 1, 1994 - November 4, 1994. Manufacturer: Zvezda. ...


Artifact: Yuri Malenchenko's flown Sokol KV-2 spacesuit glove
Date of use: July 1, 1994 - November 4, 1994.
Manufacturer: Zvezda.
Dimensions: 11 cm wide (ring) and 25.5 cm total length.
Weight: 286 gr.
Serial number: ГП-7А-11Б-0270415 / ЛEБE 0480130 (ring).
Program: Soyuz.
Flown Status: flown.

Description:
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko wore this left glove as part of his rescue suit during the launch of Soyuz TM-19 on July 1, 1994 enroute to the Mir Space station as a member of the Mir 16 Mission (July 1, 1994 - November 4, 1994).


Identification tags sewn into the wrist sections bear his initials, МЮИ (Маленченко Юрий Иванович/Malenchenko Yuri Ivanovich), with parts numbers above, "ГП-7А-11Б-0270415". Serial numbers "ЛEБE 0480130" etched into the insides of the blue anodized wrist coupling. The glove is comprised of white nylon canvas atop a custom-molded rubber hand that is reinforced with leather in the palm. Between the leather and rubber are metal reinforcement bars that prevent the glove from distending while under pressure. In fine condition, with general wear from use.




Soyuz TM-19:
Soyuz TM-19 was the first mission in 17 years to have a rookie crew without any spaceflight experience. The crew's main objective was to conduct various experiments, including medical studies on the effects of long-term weightlessness, materials science, Earth observation, astrophysics, and biotechnology.

The mission encountered challenges, with the Progress M-24 freighter experiencing difficulties during its automatic docking attempt with the Mir space station. However, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko demonstrated impressive remote piloting skills and successfully docked the Progress M-24 manually.

During the mission, two spacewalks were performed by cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Talgat Musabayev. They inspected and repaired the docking port struck by the Progress M-24 and conducted other assembly and maintenance work outside the space station.

Despite the challenges, the mission concluded successfully with the crew's safe return to Earth.

Malenchenko flew on ten missions: Soyuz TM-19 (Mir EO-16) STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 (Expedition 7), Soyuz TMA-11 (Expedition 16), Soyuz TMA-05M (Expedition 32/33), and Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47). He became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.