NASA Special Collection Database

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 13" X 10" pink plastic bag with five pouch patterns enclosed. Included: Cable Pouch Assys of the following SKU #'s, AF9J, AF9K, KZ4V, AF9L, AF9M. Item is in used condition. Items included are good condition.

Barcode 31315006310275

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 13" X 10" pink plastic bag with two knee desk pad patterns enclosed. Included: Knee Desk Pad of the following SKU #'s, AF23, AF24. Items are in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006310325

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Item is in used condition. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 9.5" X 6" pink plastic bag with one pattern prep kit. Included: Pattern Prep Kit of the following SKU #, AEBC. Item is in used but still very good condition.

Barcode 31315006310291

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 5" X 10" pink plastic bag with two strain relief tube patterns enclosed. Included: Strain Relief Tube of the following SKU #'s, AE9X, AE9Y. Items are in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006310283

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 15" X 15" pink plastic bag with three hair restraint pouch patterns enclosed. Included: Hair Restraint of the following SKU #'s, AEIO, AEIP, AEIQ. Items are in very good condition.

Barcode 31315006310333

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Of special note: OPPL has the corresponding artifact to go with this pattern.

Information gathered from:
de Monchaux, Nicholas, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2011. See Chapter 14, Handmade.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 19" X 15" pink plastic bag with three lumbar pad and six life vest harness assy patterns enclosed. Included: Lumbar Pad of the following SKU #'s, AF00, AF01, AEZZ and Life Vest Harness Assy of the following SKU #'s AEZH, AEZI, AEZJ, AEZK, AEZL, AEZM. All items included are used but in good condition.

Barcode 31315006310317

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Item is in used condition. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Information gathered from:
de Monchaux, Nicholas, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2011. See Chapter 14, Handmade.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 19" X 15" pink plastic bag with nine FDF container patterns enclosed. Included: FDF Container of the following SKU #'s, AF1G, AF1H, AF1I, AF1J, AF1K, AF1L, AF1M, AF1N, AF1O. All items included are in used but good condition.

Barcode 31315006310366

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Item is in used condition. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Information gathered from:
de Monchaux, Nicholas, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2011. See Chapter 14, Handmade.

Category Sewing Construction Tools

Description 20" X 29.5" pink plastic bag with one headrest cover pattern enclosed. Included: Headrest Cover of the following SKU #, ABYT. Item is in good condition.

Barcode 31315006310390

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Item is in used condition. Patterns were used to create various textile based equipment for the Shuttle Missions. Part of order 11-2.

Purpose Patterns or templates are used to make an array of soft products for the astronauts to use and wear. Patterns are made of manila card stock and have markings indicating where certain seams match. In 1965, master patterns were flown to Philadelphia to be photographed so that each pattern shape was preserved.

Information gathered from:
de Monchaux, Nicholas, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2011. See Chapter 14, Handmade.