Mobile Equipment Transporter, Lunar Surface

The Mobile Equipment Transporter (MET) was a hand cart intended to assist astronauts with carrying tools, sample containers, cameras, and other equipment on the lunar surface. Equipment was placed on the bed of the transporter, which was wheeled around by astronauts using a handle, much as a wheelbarrow. It was used on Apollo 14. This unit was the thermal vacuum qualification test vehicle, later used for training. It was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1972.

This particular MET originally served as the Thermal Vacuum Qualification Test unit for the version used on the Apollo 14 mission. It was later used for astronaut training and was transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian in 1972.