Spacesuits
Apollo Food Restrainer Pouch
This 17″ x 3.5″ beta cloth Food Restrainer Pouch was manufactured by Whirlpool for use by the Apollo astronauts. A food item, such as orange drink is inserted into pouch and the mouth tube stuck through the opening and then zipped up. This particular pouch comes with an Orange Drink inserted.
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Apollo Astronaut BioMed Sensor Assembly
Manufactured by Welson & Co. in October 1971, the unit is a cotton duck base with 3 Beta cloth pockets and is 11 x 5 inches overall. The pockets include flaps held closed by snap fasteners; inside the flaps are dummies of the electrocardiograph signal conditioner, the impedance pneumograph signal conditioner and the electrical current […]
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Apollo CSM “Cobra Head” communications control assembly
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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