Object Details
Manufacturer
B. Welson & Co., United States of America
Summary
Each Apollo mission was equipped with two rucksacks providing equipment to allow for crew survival for up to 48 hours on land or in the water after landing. This is one of two rucksacks flown on the historic first lunar-landing mission, Apollo 11, in 1969. It includes three water containers, one radio beacon with spare battery, three pairs of sunglasses, six packages of desalter chemicals, one desalter kit, two survival lights, one machete, and two bottles of sunscreen.
The rucksack was transferred to the Smithsonian along with Command Module "Columbia" in 1970.
Credit Line
Transferred from NASA/JSC; must be offered back to NASA upon deaccession
Inventory Number
A19980011000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Survival
Materials
Beta Cloth
Brass
Steel
Plastic
Aluminum
Adhesive
Glass
Nylon
Foam
Velcro
Dimensions
3-D: 54.6 × 30.5 × 19cm, 15.9kg (1 ft. 9 1/2 in. × 1 ft. × 7 1/2 in., 35lb.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
See more items in
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Exhibition
Destination Moon
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19980011000
