Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Hamilton Standard
- Summary
- This is a cutaway example of the upper portion of the personal life support system (OPS) worn by astronauts on the moon. The lower portion was the PLSS. The OPS was used for oxygen storage and circulation. 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
- A19740611000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Life Support
- Materials
- Overall: Steel, aluminium, rubber, copper, plastic, pvc
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 38.1cm × 17.8cm × 20.3cm, 12.3kg (1 ft. 3 in. × 7 in. × 8 in., 27 1/16lb.)
- 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
- Title
- Oxygen Purge System, Apollo, Cutaway
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19740611000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b865e610-5083-463f-9476-d54a96b1c69e
