Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Air Lock Inc.
- Designer
- Dr. Robert L. Jones
- Contractor
- Hamilton Standard
- Subcontractor
- ILC Industries Inc.
- Designer
- James H. O'Kane
- Astronaut
- Michael Collins
- Summary
- This pressure helmet was made for and worn by astronaut Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in July 1966.
- The Apollo pressure helmet was a transparent bubble designed to attach to the spacesuit neck ring. It was constructed of a polycarbonate shell with a red anodized aluminum neck ring, a feed port, a vent pad and duct assembly attached to the rear and a valsalva device attached to the inner ring.
- Transferred to NASM from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center in 1971.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center
- 1969
- Inventory Number
- A19730042001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Polycarbonate
- Beta Cloth
- Velcro
- Anodized Aluminium
- Adhesive
- Silicone
- Synthetic Rubber
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 27.6 x 32.7 x 28.6cm (10 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
- Other (Neck disconnect): 9 3/4in. (24.8cm)
- 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_A19730042001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b518f645-0f03-42ad-8fb5-620fe832e7be
