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1990 MIR SPACE STATION COSMONAUT BALANDIN FLIGHT SHOES

It's offered to your attention the cosmonaut shoes to use them onboard MIR Soviet space station. The shoes may be worn while wearing Penguin muscle training suit, or as underwear for Orlan EVA space suit. The shoes are made of natural leather and have zipper on the top. So, they are quite comfortable to wear. Because of the above there are several incomparable advantages:

  • This pair of the shoes was originally created by NPP "Zvezda" especially for the space flights.
  • The materials used to make the boots are the highest quality (leather etc.).
  • Created for cosmonauts these boots can be used for regular use.

    The shoes have Russian size 41 (American size 26.5) written by ballpen on the sole. Besides the size the writings says that the shoes are prepared for BAN. These initials stands for the Soviet cosmonaut Balandin Alexander Nikolaevich who used to fly to MIR as onboard engineer for Soyuz TM-9 long-term mission in 1990.

    So, these are extra shoes prepared for Russian cosmonaut!

    Please click on the photo to enlarge it.


    CONDITION - cosmetically looking new and clean.

      Made in Russia by original space suits manufacturer NPP "Zvezda".



  • Here are how the "space shoes" can be used.
    Please take a look through the photos from Moscow space museum.


    The photo on the left shows Orlan-DMA space suit for EVA. Beside it you can see the water-cooling underwear costume to prevent cosmonaut from overheating by the sun in outer space. You can see the "space shoes" put onto the mannequin together with the water-cooling costume. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

    If you take a look at the right photo you will also see the "space shoes" to be worn together with Penguin suit used by the cosmonauts for muscle training when in orbit. Penguin has rubber parts in it, so, a cosmonaut overcomes its resistance when wearing it, in other words, Penguin makes cosmonaut's body to train muscles when he moves in it. Enlarge photo for better view.



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