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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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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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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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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I’ve worked in marketing and PR my entire career and am fascinated by the press kits put out by NASA and by the contractors. I was fortunate to have acquired a set of complete press kits used by a journalist while covering the Apollo 11 mission. Included are press kits from IBM (Computer systems), North
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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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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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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 because
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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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This stopper was flown to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission. It was acquired from the personal collection of Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot Dick Gordon. The accelerometer (G-force meter) was also only used in the early and late parts of the mission and had a similar, but slightly smaller, stopper.
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