Cosmonaut Musa Manarov's flown pair of EVA Orlan space suit gloves, carried on the Mir EO-3 mission from December 21, 1987, to December 21, 1988, but not used outside of the space station. The gloves are signed and flight-certified in black felt tip on both knuckle flaps, "1st Year Long Flight, 1987-1988, Musa Manarov." The gloves feature an insulated nylon canvas outer surface and inner pressure glove with pebbled dark green rubber palm and smooth fingertips, serial numbered on the wrists, "ГП-10K-1-0120079." The inner metal rings, designed for secure connection to the main suit, are marked inside, "No. 0310586, ПРАВОЕ" and "No. 0310614, ЛЕВОЕ." The left-handed glove is outfitted with a standard Russian cosmonaut wristband mirror, and the right-handed glove gauntlet bears an "Available Time" chart.
The Mir EO-3 mission represented the first-ever yearlong stay in space. Cosmonauts Musa Manarov and Vladimir Titov performed biological experiments, conducted part of an ongoing survey of galaxies and star groups in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, and performed over two thousand experiments in the fields of materials sciences, meteorology, space technology, physiology, psychology, medical sciences, and astronomical research. A remarkable pair of flown space suit gloves from a historic long-duration mission.
