posted 03-29-2019 03:30 PM               

Smithsonian exhibits Apollo 11 artifacts in '50 Years from Tranquility Base'

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 mementos are among the flown artifacts now on display as part of a new exhibit dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

The Apollo 11 "50 Years from Tranquility Base" display case was installed on Monday (March 25) at the Washington, D.C. museum, opposite its Space Race gallery on the first floor. The exhibit offers a look at almost two dozen artifacts that flew on board the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission that landed Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the Sea of Tranquility on the surface of the moon.

posted 03-30-2019 01:53 PM               

• Soil Sampler, Contingency, Apollo
  
• ALSRC, Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container, Apollo 12 and 16
  
• Bag, 70mm Film Magazine Transfer, Apollo 11
  
• Penlight, Apollo 11
  
• Checklist, Operations, Apollo 11
  
• Pen, Marker, Collins, Apollo 11
  
• Scissors, Surgical, Apollo 11
  
• Sunglasses, Collins, Apollo 11
  
• Case, Sunglasses, Collins, Apollo 11
  
• Toothbrush, Collins, Apollo 11
  
• Space Food, Pineapple Fruitcake, Apollo 11 (Blue)
  
• Film Magazine, Hasselblad, 70mm, Apollo 11, Lunar Surface
  
• Exerciser, Inflight, Apollo 11
  
• Dosimeter, passive radiation, ;personal, collins, apollo 11
  
• Bag, Temporary Stowage, Apollo 11
  
• Tether, Waist, with Caribiners, Apollo 11
  
• Crewman Optical Alignment Sight (COAS), Lunar Module, Apollo 11
  
• Camera, Data Acquisition, Lunar Module, 16mm, Apollo 11
  
• Wrench, Emergency, Lunar Module, Apollo 11
  
• Space Food, Meal Package, Day 1, Meal A, Apollo 11 (Red)
  
• Flag, U.S., Lunar
  
• Kit, Medical Package, Lunar Module, Apollo 11
  
• Chronograph, Armstrong, Apollo 11

posted 03-31-2019 06:24 PM               

DAC movie footage of Armstrong obtaining the contingency sample shows him sticking the shaft in the soil after using it to obtain the sample. Did he or Aldrin retrieve it and bring it back with them?