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.
Category Sewing Construction Tools
Description 21" X 22" pink plastic bag with sixteen personal hygiene kit patterns enclosed. Included: Personal Hygiene Kit of the following SKU #'s, ABGZ, ABH0, ABH1, ABH2, ABH3, ABH4, ABH5, ABH6, ABH7, ABH8, ABH9, ABHA, ABHB, ABHC, ABHD, ABHE. All items included are in good condition.
Barcode 31315006310382
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 10" X 21.5" pink plastic bag with six vacuum cleaner tube cover patterns enclosed. Included: Vacuum CLNR Tube CVR of the following SKU #'s, AEEJ, AEEK, AEEL, AEEM, AEEN, AEEO. All items included are in good condition.
Barcode 31315006310341
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.
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