Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- Summary
- The later Apollo lunar missions Apollo 15, 16 and 17 were equipped with 4cm diameter "Drive Tubes" for extracting cylindrical samples of the lunar regolith for analysis and study when returned to Earth. Simple dispensers with translucent Teflon caps to seal the drive tubes after sample collection were provided. This dispenser and set of caps was used for training and transferred to the Smithsonian in 1974.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.
- Inventory Number
- A19750050000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Lunar
- Materials
- Dispenser: aluminum
- Caps: plastic
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 6.5 × 5.2 × 5.5cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 3/16 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_A19750050000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9119ff580-076a-43ad-a72e-0b5983d44f40
