Command and Service Modules, Apollo #105, ASTP Mockup
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- North American Rockwell
- Summary
- This Block II Apollo Command and Service Module combination (CSM 105), manufactured by North American Rockwell, was originally used for vibration and acoustic tests. In 1973 it was refurbished for display at the Paris Air Show. The CSM was displayed docked to a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft, as was planned for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program (ASTP) mission that took place in July 1975. The Soyuz spacecraft was made of residual test hardware.
- In 1976 this combined exhibit was installed in the National Air and Space Museum after its transfer from NASA.
- Alternate Name
- Apollo Command and Service Modules
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19740798000
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Test Vehicles
- Materials
- Command Module: Aluminum alloy, stainless steel, and titanium structures. Outer shell - stainless steel honeycomb between stainless steel sheets. Crew compartment inner shell - aluminum honeycomb between aluminum alloy sheets.
- Epoxy-resin ablative heat shield covers outside.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12 ft. 10 in. wide x 34 ft. 2 in. deep (391.16 x 1041.4cm)
- 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_A19740798000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c44846d9-b313-4855-90fb-1775922f1078
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