Pouch, Biobelt, Armstrong, Apollo 11
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Atlas Underwear Corporation
- Astronaut
- Neil A. Armstrong
- Summary
- This biobelt pouch was flown aboard Apollo 11 in July 1969. It was assigned to astronaut Neil Armstrong, mission commander.
- Biobelts were constructed of a cotton duck base with Teflon-coated Beta-cloth pockets into which were fitted an electrocardiograph signal conditioner, an impedance pneumograph signal condtioner and a DC-DC converter. They were fitted with snap fasteners which attached to either the constant wear or liquid cooling garment, as activities indicated.
- NASA transferred this object to the Museum in 1979.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19791805000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Medical
- Materials
- Overall: Cotton duck
- Snaps: Chrome-plated brass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11in. x 4 3/4in. x 1/2in. (27.94 x 12.07 x 1.27cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19791805000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e4f00bd4-8d51-4849-a657-1df566fa606c
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