Kit, EMU Maintenance, Apollo 11
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ILC Industries Inc.
- Summary
- This kit was part of the equipment issued to the Apollo astronauts for use in the event minor repairs to the spacesuit became necessary. The kit contains cloth tape, exterior patches, bladder sealant material, extra gaskets, etc.
- Kits such as this were carried aboard all spacecraft and lunar modules during the Apollo and skylab missions. This kit was flown aboard the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, and was transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1972.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA/JSC
- Inventory Number
- A19980014000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Beta Cloth
- Velcro
- Teflon
- Paper
- Stainless Steel
- Synthetic Fabric
- Rubber
- Ink
- Container - beta cloth, polyester, plastic, Velcro
- Container contents - plastic, rubber
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Open): 33 × 35.6 × 3.8cm (13 × 14 × 1 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Destination Moon
- Title
- Kit, EMU Maintenance, Apollo 11
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19980014000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93664d1eb-77ea-4506-afcf-9b26e21a6caf
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