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Topic: ILC Dover 'Shuttle Spacesuit Assembly' award
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EMU
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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: 52992
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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