Audio Cassette, Apollo 12

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Object Details

Summary

Apollo astronauts’ carried a small, battery-powered cassette voice recorder with them in the Command Module during lunar missions. The recorder was used to record information relevant to the crew log. This recorder and tapes were flown on the Apollo 12 mission and transferred to the Smithsonian in 1974.

Credit Line

Transferred from the NASA - Johnson Space Center

Inventory Number

A19740665002

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices

Materials

Overall- Plastic, Magnetic Tape

Dimensions

3-D: 10.1 × 1.3 × 6.4cm (4 × 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b0716d2f-2f5b-4f06-b475-b8a68fdbef2c

Record ID

nasm_A19740665002