Ball Bearings, Vanguard/Explorer
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- State University of Iowa Instrument Shop
- Summary
- These are components from a payload inventory originally intended for the University of Iowa package to be flown on Vanguard and the early Explorer satellites. They include components for an on-board tape recorder, in a box shipped to George Ludwig from the State University of Iowa Instrument Shop. They were in George Ludwig's possession since they were built in the late 1950s. Donated by Dr. George Ludwig in 2006.
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- Credit Line
- Designed and Donated by Dr. George H. Ludwig.
- Inventory Number
- A20060086006
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Coating
- Aluminum Alloy
- Plastic
- Paper
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Small, blue boxes): 3.2 × 3.2 × 1.3cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in.)
- 3-D (Small tubing): 1 × 1 × 4.8cm (3/8 × 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
- 3-D (Large tubing): 1 × 1 × 8.3cm (3/8 × 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
- 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_A20060086006
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96bfdfe13-abfb-4a69-94b5-6b16c980bd86
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