Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Air Lock Inc.
- Astronaut
- Alan L. Bean
- Designer
- Dr. Robert L. Jones
- Subcontractor
- Hamilton Standard
- Contractor
- ILC Industries Inc.
- Designer
- James H. O'Kane
- Summary
- This is the A7-L pressure helmet worn by astronaut Alan Bean on the Apollo 12 mission launched on November 14, 1969.
- The Apollo pressure helmet was a molded, polycarbonate shell with a bayonet base, bonded to the helmet neck ring, and was the male half of the suit neck-ring assembly. There were two configurations used on Apollo suits which were not interchangable, the earlier configuration was anodized blue, with the later configuration being anodized red.
- Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1971.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19711837001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Synthetic
- Anodized aluminum
- Velcro
- Plastic
- Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 32.4 × 28.6 × 28.6cm (1 ft. 3/4 in. × 11 1/4 in. × 11 1/4 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_A19711837001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94c258064-c6a8-4cc5-809c-a8c6253040e7
