Exterior Jumpsuit of David the Bubble Boy's Space Suit
date: label: date made
content: about 1978
name: label: maker
content: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: David (the Bubble Boy) Vetter's Space Suit was made for him by the Johnson Space Center. David was born in 1971 with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). He lived in a germ-free environment for most of his life. David died February 22, 1984 following an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant., an attempt for his body to make its own antibodies. David's space suit, made especially for him, allowed him to leave his isolation chamber where he lived his entire life. For brief periods of time this space suit enabled David to play with his sister and explore his backyard.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0450.02.02
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0450.02.02
label: accession number
content: 1986.0450
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Space Suit
label: Object Name
content: space suit, exterior jumpsuit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: PCV (overall tubing)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall suit)
label: Physical Description
content: Teflon (overall suit)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 25 in x 60 in; 27.94 cm x 63.5 cm x 152.4 cm