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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This module is a component of the Apollo CSM guidance computer and manufactured by AC Electronics. Anyone know more details about what this component did?
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This lunar material container was used during the Apollo Era to transport and store moon rocks in the Vacuum Laboratory of the Manned Spacecraft Center’s Lunar Receiving Laboratory. It is amazingly engineered, stainless steel vessel with bolts to secure the lunar sample to prevent contamination. The accompanying tag, which was sealed in the bag that
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Were you there? Alas, I was not.
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This beautifully crafted communications control assembly was used for routing communications, biomedical signals, and warning tones. The control head, often referred to as a “Cobra Head” by the astronauts, allowed the astronaut to speak to crewmates over the intercom (I’COM) or to Houston (XMIT). This example contains NASA stamps identification part numbers V56-715100-21 0632 and
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This flight ready cable (single-end terminated with a connector) in its Bell Aerospace sealed packaging, would have connected to the pilot / shutoff valves on the Valve Package Assembly. A bi-propellant valve assembly actually attached to the LM Ascent engine which controlled fuel and oxidizer flow to the engine. You can see the cables installed
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This artifact, a flight ready spare, was a critical part of the Saturn V guidance navigation and control computer system. The computer was housed in the Saturn V Instrument Unit, designed and built by IBM. The computer and this board is of unusually light weight and was achieved by the use of magnesium-lithium alloy chassis,
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