SK-1 spacesuit
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SK-1 is an initialism of "Skafandr Kosmicheskiy" # 1 (Скафандр Космический = "spacesuit" or "diving suit for space") is a spacesuit that was developed specially for Yuri Gagarin. As such, it is the first spacesuit ever used. After his successful flight on the Vostok 1 spacecraft, spacesuits of the SK series were used for space flights of other cosmonauts on Vostok spacecraft, in which the cosmonauts would eject and land separately from module.
The SK-1 was used from 1961-1963.[not verified in body]
SK-2 (CK-2)
Almost exactly the same as the SK-1 but designed for a woman, it was used[when?] on Vostok 6.[citation needed]
Specifications
Allowed ejections up to 8 km (26,000 ft
References
Isaac Abramov & Ingemar Skoog (2003). Russian Spacesuits. Chichester, UK: Praxis Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85233-732-X.
External links
- Vita Germetika : A Brief History of Creating and Development of Soviet-Russian space suits - in Russian
- Museum of NPP Zvezda : photo of SK#1 space suit
- Memorial Museum of Astronautics in Moscow SK-1 Suit Picture (34 & 35)
- Zvezda History(Russian) Eng
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