Object Details
- Manufacturer
- ILC Industries Inc.
- Summary
- This is an Apollo pressure helmet used by various astronauts during training sessions.
- The Apollo pressure helmet was a blow-molded, clear polycarbonate shell with a molded bayonet base which was bonded to the helmet neck ring. The neck ring was the male half of the suit neck-ring assembly, and there were two configurations used on Apollo suits which were not interchangable. The earlier configuration was anodized blue, with the later configuration being anodized red.
- Transferred from NASA - Johnson Space Center in 1985.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19850452000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Shell: Polycarbonate
- Neckring: Anodized aluminium (blue)
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 25.4 x 27.9 x 26.7cm (10 x 11 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19850452000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv941ddad17-4fa0-49f6-9375-1ab3de80068c
