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Apollo Saturn S-II (Second Stage) liquid hydrogen vent and relief valve

2 Comments / Saturn V / Apollo Artifacts

This Apollo Saturn S-II (Second Stage) Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) dual function tank Vent and Relief Valve was manufactured by Wallace O. Leonard Inc. under subcontract to North American Aviation (prime for the S-II). The valve was produced in 1966. The LH2 Vent-Relief valve, used as part of the single Rocketdyne J-2 engine system which powered […]

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Rope memory module for the Model 100 Apollo Guidance and Navigation Computer

8 Comments / Command and Service Module / Apollo Artifacts

This is a rare rope memory module made for the Block I (before the Apollo 1 fire) Model 100 Apollo Guidance and Navigation Computer. The computers that formed the basis of the Apollo Guidance and Navigation System (AGNS) were at the cutting edge of technology in the 1960s. They were the first to use the

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Brass Flashlight Designed for NASA Apollo Missions

8 Comments / Astronauts / Apollo Artifacts

This flashlight was made by ACR for NASA. ACR contracted out the flashlights to Fulton Industries in Wauseon Ohio. It is stamped ACR FA- 5 Serial No. 3016 Date of Mfg. 8-72. This flashlight has no known history of being on an Apollo mission. It still works brilliantly. The wooden mockup was used by the

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Apollo 9 heat shield plug Lucite display

Command and Service Module, Flown in Space, Lucite / Apollo Artifacts

This is a circular chunk of the heat shield from Apollo 9. Heat shields were manufactured by AVCO Corporation, with integration by NAA (North American Aviation), and are comprised of an extremely lightweight fiberglass honeycomb which is hand filled by air gun with the ablative resin material. The ablative system dissipates heat as the material

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LRL Moon Rock Secondary Sample Containers 

Lunar Receiving Laboratory / Apollo Artifacts

The secondary sample storage container, used in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory allowed for easy division of samples within vacuum cabinets and had high, large threads to hold a vacuum seal in case of emergency.

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Lunar sample 1″ scale cube

Lunar Receiving Laboratory / Apollo Artifacts

This is an exact replica 1" scale cube to those that are used to show size and orientation of lunar samples at the Lunar Receiving Lab. These scale cubes are made of machined, anodized aluminum, with engraved markings filled with baked enamel.

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Apollo spacecraft accessories bag

Astronauts, Command and Service Module, Lunar Module / Apollo Artifacts

Bags of this type were used by astronauts to store items in the Command Module and Lunar Module. While bags of this type flew on most Apollo missions, unfortunately the Apollo Stowage Lists did not record the serial numbers of the bags that flew to the moon. This accessories bag was manufactured by Welson &

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Lunar Module Descent Stage Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber

18 Comments / Lunar Module / Apollo Artifacts

This model of thrust chamber was developed for the Apollo Lunar Module decent stage and made 10 flights during the Apollo program. The engine type became famous again in the 1995 with the release of the movie “Apollo 13” as the engine that powered the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft from the moon back to earth

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Weekend with Apollo astronauts and a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center

4 Comments / Astronauts, Saturn V / Apollo Artifacts

This past weekend I had a chance to attend an Apollo astronaut event and to see the launch of STS-117 (Space Shuttle Atlantis). What a cool weekend to meet and chat with Apollo astronauts, mission control specialists, and others from the original American space programs. I saw the launch (7:38PM) from the causeway. This photo

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