Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Hamilton Standard
- Summary
- This is a cutaway example of the lower part of the personal life support system (PLSS) developed by Hamilton Standard and worn by astronauts on the Moon. The upper portion was the Oxygen Purge System. The PLSS was used for water and air circulation, communications, and oxygen "scrubbing". The components in this example are color-coded to show the interior components and how they worked and connected to each other.
- Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1974.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19740612000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Personal Items
- Materials
- Overall: Steel, aluminium, copper, rubber, plastic, pvc
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 45.7 × 25.4 × 66cm, 25.1kg (1 ft. 6 in. × 10 in. × 2 ft. 2 in., 55.3lb.)
- 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
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19740612000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv966afa662-b0b0-456c-917a-6ac5de9dc8f7
