Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Ventura
- Summary
- This parachute is one of the three main parachutes deployed to safely "land" the Apollo 17 Command Module after its successful December 1972 lunar mission. The parachute system selected for the Apollo command module consisted of two ribbon drogue parachutes, which accomplished initial deceleration and stabilization. After disconnect the two drogue parachutes were followed by three pilot parachutes, which in turn extracted three ringsail main parachutes (only two of which would provide the rate of descent necessary for a safe water landing).
- NASA transferred this parachute to the Museum and it was displayed at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center beginning in March 1973.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Lyndon B. John Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A19740006000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Parachutes
- Materials
- Ripstop nylon, Nylon, Synthetic fabric, Aluminum, Natural fabric, Adhesive
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 30.48 x 1061.72 x 314.96cm (1ft x 34ft 10in. x 10ft 4in.) (as photographed)
- 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_A19740006000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92e5e42b1-bdd8-4339-b786-1d14fbbaf4f0
