This suit was worn by Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov during liftoff, landing, docking and other hazardous manoeuvres on the Soyuz TM-10 space mission. Launched 1 August 1990, it returned to Earth 10 December 1990. Manakov was the mission commander, with Gennadi Strikalov, the flight engineer. The Soyuz TM-10 spacecraft docked with the Mir space station, where the cosmonauts spent four months conducting scientific experiments, before being joined by a relief crew, including the first journalist in space, Japan's Toyohiro Akiyama. Akiyama returned to Earth with the Soyuz TM-10 crew. Manakov was a Lt Colonel in the Soviet Air Force at the time of his flight. The Soyuz TM-10 mission was his first space flight.

Spacesuit, Soyuz TM-10, nylon canvas/rubberised fabric/plastic/metal, Zvezda, Moscow, USSR, [1989].
Sokol KV-2 spacesuit, consisting of pressure garment with hood, radio headset and canvas booties. The pressure garment is made of white nylon canvas, with a rubberised cloth lining. It has an attached pressurised hood, in place of a helmet, with a hinged plastic visor which secures to an anodised aluminium neck ring. Decorated with royal blue trim and appliqued patches, it has detachable gloves, attached umbilical cords, and attached soled feet. The grey canvas booties cover the pressure suit feet. The radio headset is worn under the hood and is made of leather, with a [cotton] mesh section covering the skull.

Designed: Zvezda Design Bureau; Moscow, USSR

Made: Zvezda Design Bureau; Moscow, USSR; 1989


Used: Manakov, Gennadi; Outer space; 1990

Used: Manakov, Gennadi; Mir Space Station; 1990

Used: Manakov, Gennadi; USSR; 1990

: USSR

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520 mm