Helmet, AX-3
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Air Lock Inc.
- Designer
- William Elkins
- Summary
- This helmet was constructed for the AX-3 Advanced Extra-Vehicular Suit (AES) that was designed at NASA Ames Research Center in the middle 1970s. The dome shape of the helmet provided all-around visibility for the prototype suit, which was created to prove that a highly mobile suit, requiring little effort to operate, could use an internal operating pressure of 8 pounds per square inch.
- Transferred from NASA - Ames Research Center to NASM in 2004.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Ames Research Center.
- Inventory Number
- A20040265001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Overall: Polycarbonate bubble
- Disconnect: Anodized aluminum
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 20.3 x 30.5cm (8 x 12 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_A20040265001
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv961164a3a-43bb-4016-b9ea-74e057863d27
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