Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Air Lock Inc.
- Astronaut
- Charles Conrad, Jr.
- Designer
- Dr. Robert L. Jones
- Subcontractor
- Hamilton Standard
- Contractor
- ILC Industries Inc.
- Designer
- James H. O'Kane
- Summary
- This pressure helmet was worn by astronaut Pete Conrad, Commander of the Apollo 12 mission in November, 1969.
- The Apollo pressure helmet was a molded, polycarbonate bubble with an anodized aluminum neck ring that locked into place with the corresponding neck ring of the spacesuit. There were two neck ring configurations used on Apollo suits which were not interchangable, the earlier version was anodized blue, with the later being anodized red.
- Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1971.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Manned Spacecraft Center.
- Inventory Number
- A19711835001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Bubble: Transparent polycarbonate
- Neck Ring: Red adonized aluminum
- Comfort/vent pad: Blue anodized aluminum with padded beta-cloth pad
- Feed Port: Blue anodized aluminum w/velcro patch
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 30.5 x 25.4 x 27.9cm (12 x 10 x 11 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_A19711835001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ebefa6b4-6f77-43a2-bb70-ba35133ead9c
