Audio Cassette, Apollo 12

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Summary
Apollo astronauts’ carried a small, battery-powered cassette voice recorder with them in the Command Module during lunar missions. The recorder was used to record information relevant to the crew log. This recorder and tapes were flown on the Apollo 12 mission and transferred to the Smithsonian in 1974.
Credit Line
Transferred from the NASA - Johnson Space Center
Inventory Number
A19740665002
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices
Materials
Overall- Plastic, Magnetic Tape
Dimensions
3-D: 10.1 × 1.3 × 6.4cm (4 × 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Record ID
nasm_A19740665002
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b0716d2f-2f5b-4f06-b475-b8a68fdbef2c
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