This Apollo Navigational Computer Information Table was originally installed in the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator located at Johnson Space Center in Houston. At the close of the Apollo program, the desk was purchased by a JSC engineer. The table was attached below panel 6 of the LMP's control panels and can be folded away […]
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The Marquardt R-4D was developed as an attitude control thruster for the Apollo Service Module and Lunar Module. Sixteen engines similar to this one were mounted on the exterior of each lunar module in four quadruple clusters and sixteen on each service module. Because both the lunar module and service module were jettisoned during the
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This bracket was carried to the moon and used aboard the Lunar Module Snoopy during the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969. The L Bracket was the connection between the 16mm Maura Data Acquisition Camera and the LM Utility bracket. The bracket attached directly to the camera and the LM Utility (which could hold either
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An original 8½”x 10½” Apollo 16 LM Rendezvous Charts book dated in pencil March 21, 1971. It contains 20 pages of fascinating Lunar Module Ascent tables. Sections include Nominal Ascent sections, Direct Ascent sections and First and Second Midcourse corrections sections. A copy just like it would have flown to the moon on Apollo 16.
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This 8-3/4″ diameter star chart consists of a black star disc below and a semitransparent rotating disc. The rings on the outer disc signify what stars would be seen through the LM Optical Telescope at certain times during the stay on the moon. Star charts like this were used on every lunar landing mission to
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These Apollo News Reference Manuals were used by journalists who covered the Apollo program. It took me four years to acquire a pair as these manuals have become highly sought after. The pair include almost 500 pages of in depth detail about the Apollo spacecraft in the words of the contractors who built them. Chapters
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Model BEFORE (see below for after) I purchased a beat-up Grumman LM contractors model on eBay. I had always wanted one and watched for a few months before the right one became available. Fortunately, Andy Lagomarsino agreed to work on the model and bring it up to pristine condition. Learn more about what Andy does
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This is a support truss from the lunar module. It is amazingly light. It must be close to (or even less than) one pound, but I don’t have a scale that is that small. Comparing my body weight with and without the truss is negligible. The truss is 21 inches long and 1 3/8 inches
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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),
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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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