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Topic: ILC/Hamilton EMU spacesuit pewter statuettes
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EMU
Member Posts: 11
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Registered: Sep 2023
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posted 08-29-2024 11:46 AM
  
Online I found a few "SSA" pewter astronaut statues (about 4" tall) from ILC Dover.Apparently there are different versions. Plain pewter, some painted with decals and color accents, and one with what appears to be a DCM (display control module) enamel pin attached to the chest. Does anybody have more information on these?  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 53196
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-29-2024 11:57 AM
I don't have much to add, other than they date back to the first use of the EMU on a spacewalk (STS-6) and that they were also presented by Hamilton Standard, ILC's partner in the build-up of the suit.I found this example, presented by Hamilton Standard, at the estate sale of STS-6 astronaut Don Peterson:  |
EMU
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Registered: Sep 2023
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posted 08-29-2024 12:50 PM
Here are the other variations I found. According to a description on WorthPoint, one of them came with a note dating it to August 1979, four years before STS-6. 
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MOL
Member Posts: 206
From: Los Angeles, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 09-25-2024 09:06 AM
I received mine in the 1990's at Johnson Space Center when I worked in the EVA Project Office. I seem to recall they were produced in house by the Crew Systems Division. You can see one painted — even the flag and NASA logos are painted and not decals.The rear of the PLSS and the base are cast separately from the figure.  
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