Mirror, Life Jacket, Glenn, Friendship 7
name: label: Astronaut
content: John H. Glenn, Jr.
label: Manufacturer
content: Unknown
notes: label: Summary
content: This life jacket was issued to John Glenn for his Friendship 7 flight in February, 1962. The life jacket is the self-inflating tube-type Navy issue life jacket made of rubberized nylon. It was strapped to his chest with the convex mirror fastened to the front.
label: Summary
content: The mirror had the dual purpose of a reflecting mirror in case of mission abort when the astronaut could use the mirror to attract rescuers. The other use was for reflection of the instrument panel in order to enable the staff of Mission Control to take instrument readings.
label: Summary
content: Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1967.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19670185001
objectType: label: Type
content: PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Life Support
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Mirror: Coated aluminium
label: Materials
content: Support: Red rubber
label: Materials
content: Straps: Nylon
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 19.2 × 2.5 × 13.5cm (7 9/16 × 1 × 5 5/16 in.)