EXPERIMENTAL SOVIET NON-FLAMMABLE SPACE FLIGHT SUIT DESIGNED FOR APOLLO-SOYUZ For Sale

It\'s offered to your attention non-flammable onboard flight suit PK-12 designed for Apollo-Soyuz Soviet-American space mission successfully accomplished in 1975. The suit has been originally designed by NPP \"Zvezda\", the manufacturer of all Soviet and Russian space suits. It\'s made of special non-flammable grey color fabric. The main purpose of this experimental fabric is to help cosmonauts to survive in case of fire onboard. The costume is heavier then regular flight suits. It consists of trousers and jacket. There are the patches on the jacket - ASTP emblem and USSR State emblem. The abbriviation PK stands for Russian words \"poletnyi kostum\" (flight suit).

Despite the fact that NPP Zvezda engineers had worked out the special non-flammable fabric for the flight suit, it was ONLY used for the ASTP program because of its heavy weight. So, here you have a chance to purchase the unique product of the Soviet scientists, the space suits manufacturers. Take your chance!This experimental non-flammable flight suit is also exposed in NPP Zvezda museum. Please click the photo on the left to enlarge it.

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Historical note. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Meetings began in 1969 between Russian and American representatives on a joint manned space mission. Ambitious plans for use of Skylab or Salyut space stations were not approved. Instead it was decided to develop a universal docking system for space rescue. A working group was set up in October 1970 and in May 1972 the USA/USSR Agreement was signed with launch to take place in 1975. D Bushuev and G Lanin were the technical directors of the Soviet-designed EPAS docking system program. 1600 experiments were conducted in developing the system.

CONDITION - very good.

Made in Russia by original space suits manufacturer NPP \"Zvezda\".

Happy buying!