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Object details:

Object Name: Post Landing Kit, Gemini IV
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19860193000

	Object Name
	Post Landing Kit, Gemini IV

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96dda5fa3-52b4-45d1-a3a8-131873648193

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Unknown

	Materials
	Synthetic Fabric

	Materials
	Velcro

	Materials
	Metal

	Dimensions
	3-D: 19.1 x 14.6 x 5.7cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

	Summary
	On June 3, 1965, a Titan II rocket launched Gemini IV, carrying astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White into orbit. The flight lasted four days and included a historic space walk by White, the first by an American, early in the mission. Ten weeks earlier, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov had become the first human to "walk in space." The mission ended on June 7, setting a new U.S. human space record of four days in space.

	Summary
	This post-landing kit was stored inside the spacecraft and provided tools and clips for the astronauts to use after splashing down in the ocean, before or after they opened the hatches. It contains an Allen wrench, a screwdriver, tape, two splash curtain clips and wire.

	Summary
	NASA gave the Gemini IV spacecraft to the Smithsonian in 1965. The kit was removed from the spacecraft in 1977.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	Inventory Number
	A19860193000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Landing

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