Object Details
Manufacturer
McDonnell Aircraft
Summary
This is the main upper control section from the Gemini center instrument panel. The entire center instrument panel contained displays and controls for communications, environmental conditions, and the electric-sequential system. The command pilot, who sat in the left seat, had overall control of the spacecraft. Some of the gauges, dials, and switches are missing from this panel. It was installed in static article #5, a capsule that was used several times for astronaut egress training in Galveston Bay or the Gulf of Mexico.
McDonnell Aircraft made this artifact and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration transferred it to NASM in 1970.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19720490000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
INSTRUMENTS-Miscellaneous
Materials
Aluminum
Coating
Steel
Iron
Plastic
Synthetic
Copper Alloy
Paper
HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating
Dimensions
3-D: 49.8 × 30.5 × 13cm, 1.7kg (1 ft. 7 5/8 in. × 1 ft. × 5 1/8 in., 3.8lb.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19720490000