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拍品 911* - S18 Out of This World - Dienstag, 18. April 2023, 04.00 PM

SOKOL–KV2 SPACE SUIT

Manufactured by NPP Zvezda
1985
165 × 70 × 40 cm
On a custom-made base

Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland

‘If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man and his quest for knowledge and progress is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not. And it is one of the great adventures of all time’.
– John F. Kennedy

During the time that has passed since the launching of the first artificial satellite in 1957, astronauts have travelled to the moon, probes have explored the solar system, and instruments in space have discovered thousands of planets around other stars. One of the tools that made our venture into space finally possible were space suits.

Sokol (Russian for ‘falcon’) is a space suit designed and manufactured by the company NPP Zvezda. The Sokol-KV2 was the third and last generation of the series, created in 1980. With a weight of about 22 lbs (10 kg), it was designed to ensure the survival of the astronaut in the event of an accidental depressurization of the spacecraft and to be worn during the critical phases of the flight: launch, docking and return to the atmosphere. The inner layer of the suit is made of a lightweight material called Kapton, able to maintain stability within a wide range of temperatures ranging from -452 °F to +752 °F (-269 °C to +400 °C).

The Sokol suit presented here is in very good, used condition. All the parts, including the helmet, tubes and gloves are original to the suit. The suit has been fitted with a custom-made base.

It is an incredible piece of space history, and a signpost to the future of exploring the universe.

CHF 65 000 / 85 000 | (€ 67 010 / 87 630)