Object Details
Manufacturer
Pass & Seymour
Summary
This is a power plug received in shipment with the original Spartan flight instrument carried into space five times in the Shuttle payload bay and deployed for the duration of each mission into a parallel orbit with Shuttle. The SPARTAN program was created by NASA in the 1980s to replace its suborbital sounding rocket program.
NASA Goddard transferred this to the Smithsonian in 2004.
Credit Line
Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goddard Space Flight Center.
Inventory Number
A20040121003
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Power Sources
Materials
Metal, rubber
Dimensions
Approximate: 93.5 × 5.1 × 3.8cm (3 ft., 2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
See more items in
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A20040121003