Pressure Suit, Sokol KV-2, Dennis Tito
name: label: Astronaut
content: Dennis Tito
label: Manufacturer
content: Zvezda
notes: label: Summary
content: California businessman Dennis Tito wore this Sokol KV-2 spacesuit when he became the first tourist in space on April 28, 2001. After months of training and preparation in Moscow and at the Cosmonaut Flight Training Center in Star City, Russia, Tito was launched aboard the Soyuz TM-32 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and spent six days in the International Space Station. He paid the Russians a reported $20 million for this adventure.
label: Summary
content: The Sokol ("Falcon") spacesuit was designed in the early 1970s to protect cosmonauts during launch, landing, and emergencies. The plugs and tubes extending from the suit connect to life-support systems built into the Soyuz spacecraft. Mr. Tito donated his suit to the Museum in 2003.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: Russia
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dennis Tito
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A20030122000
objectType: label: Type
content: PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Synthetic canvas (beta cloth), elasticized elbow and knees, Metal rings at neck and wrists
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 5ft 3 1/2in. x 2ft 4in. x 9in. (161.29 x 71.12 x 22.86cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Approximate (object on plex seated mount): 69.9 × 68.6 × 139.7cm, 10kg (27 1/2 × 27 × 55 in., 22lb.)