Lot 656
STS-60, 1994, FLOWN, SOKOL-KV-2 ("Falcon") Rescue Suit. A great suit that was worn by the first cosmonaut to fly on the Space Shuttle, Sergei Krikalev, as a member of the STS-60 crew. After the flight he returned to Russia, but returned to Houston as support on several additional flights including STS-71, the first Shuttle-MIR docking flight. Krikalev is called "The Last Soviet Citizen" because he was "stranded" in space (1992) on the Soyuz TM-7 mission. During his almost a year in space, the Soviet Union dissolved and the Russian Federation came into being. The SOKOL KV-2 rescue suit he wore during that flight realized about $135,000 in the Sotheby 1993 "Space History" sale.ALSO included is the ShD-10 black leather/mesh communications headset designed for
use with this suit.
This suit was developed in the late 1970s and has been used up to this day on all Soyuz flights. It is complete with double V-front zippers (instead of the original lace front), two electrical/oxygen connectors at the waist, a pressure guage on the left wrist, gloves, etc. There is a Russian Federation patch on one shoulder, a "Shuttle-MIR" patch on the other and a "MIR" patch on the chest.
This suit had a front row seat to US/Russian history in the making. It deserves a good home.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000.
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| Realized $7,188 |
