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Topic: Apollo experiment packages on display
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nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-18-2008 06:34 PM
   
I know a lot of you guys have visited the National Air and Space Museum a few times over the years. Does anyone have any photos they have taken of the Apollo Passive Seismic Experiment Package and the Laser Ranging Retro Reflector, that were/are standing in front of the Apollo 11 suits? (They were the Apollo 11 EASEP ones.)Or if anyone is planning on visiting the museum in the near future would it be possible to take pics of some details for me? I would really like detailed images such as hinges, fittings, solar panels, gnomon, etc and general overall views. |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 05-18-2008 06:34 PM
I work near NASM. Have put my camera in my briefcase. Will shoot you some pix at lunchtime tomorrow. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-24-2008 06:43 AM
Just a public thanks to Dennis for the great photos he has taken the time and effort to take for me. A real gent of a collectSPACE community member helping another! |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 05-24-2008 12:32 PM
Thanks for the kind words Adam! It was really a pleasure to help out a fellow collector. Plus I learned a lot more about the EASEP - an item to which I hadn't paid much attention in the past! |
Ray Katz
Member Posts: 145
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Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 06-02-2008 04:09 PM
If anyone's interested, the ALSEP package from the (unflown) Apollo 18 is on display at the PHM Planetarium. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-08-2008 12:17 PM
I just happened to come across this National Air and Space Museum photo of the Apollo 11 experiments display today. Click to enlarge. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 06-08-2008 12:44 PM
Thanks great Robert, cheers. It shows the LRRR sun compass and bubble level really well. |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 06-08-2008 02:08 PM
Interesting photo, Robert! The whole display has been rearranged with the LRRR tucked in behind the tool caddy now - that's why Adam didn't have a good shot of the left side of it. Now he does! |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 06-09-2008 03:24 PM
I haven't delved this deeply into any Apollo hardware for ages, not since I started reading the Apollo Spacecraft News References. These experiments are incredible pieces of engineering, they had to withstand the tremendous forces and vibrations of the journey to the moon, and still be able to deploy with the pull of a few rings!Thanks to everybody who has contributed to my gathering of info, at has helped me understand these items much more than ever before. P.S. Still keep it coming if you find anything new though! |
fartner
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posted 02-15-2010 10:29 AM
I found this picture in my Apollo collection: 
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nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 02-15-2010 10:50 AM
Thanks Frederic, nice image. |
fartner
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posted 02-17-2010 11:53 AM
Apollo 12 ALSEP training pictures: 
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Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-17-2010 06:23 PM
The NASM Collections database is your friend.  That's a link to a search I did for 'bendix'; there are plenty of other science package photos in the database too. Some interesting pics showing the ALSEP in a bit of a mess at the time of accession. |
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