Object Details
- Summary
- During entry preparation for an unsuited entry, the astronaut's spacesuits are stowed in a sleep restraint (sleeping bag) and lashed down in the center aisle by these ropes. A rope is a PBI (polybenzimidazole) fiber, 10-feet long, with plastic ferrules on the ends to prevent fraying. There are five ropes in all stowed at launch in locker A5.
- This is one of the five ropes flown on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. It was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19791744000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Nylon [(PBI (polybenzimidazole) according to the Apollo Operations Handbook]
- Paper
- Plastic
- Synthetic Fabric
- Steel
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Coiled Rope): 17.1 x 3.8 x 3.8cm (6 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
- Other (Uncoiled Rope): 304.8cm (10 ft.)
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 14.6 x 7.3cm (5 3/4 x 2 7/8 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_A19791744000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a39f46f1-db29-4ba2-aa28-e626eb973adb
