The Altimeter in the Apollo CM (panel 1) was operational below 50,000 feet. Therefore it was only used by the crew during the early stages of initial powered ascent and then again at the very end of the mission. For the rest of the mission the altimeter was typically covered by an aluminum stopper. This […]
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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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This model is a very accurate, hand carved (from mahogany) and painted representation of the Saturn V rocket. The vehicle model stands 23.5" tall including the base. This exquisite model, made by Nick Proach Models, is fully licensed by Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas and North American Aviation.
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This artifact, a flight ready spare, was designed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the Saturn V flight control system. It consists of 10 Texas Instruments gold base metal hermetically sealed transistors, 20 glass Zener diodes, and 20 Allen Bradley carbon composition resistors. The back of the circuit board contains electrical
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This interesting Lucite display reads "FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVEN ON THE MOON. Fiberglass materials continue to play an important role in man’s exploration of space—from textiles in fire-safe suits, to reinforcement applications in the lunar and command modules and now in the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Owens Corning Fiberglas. July 30 to August 2, 1971."
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