Knife, Astronaut Survival

National Air and Space Museum
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Object Details

Manufacturer
W. D. Randall Jr.
Summary
This is a duplicate of a hand-wrought survival knife made by the Randall Knives Co., a maker of speciality knives of all types. One was carried as equipment on Alan Shepard's "Freedom 7" suborbital Mercury mission on May 5, 1961. On this flight, Shepard became the first American, and second human (after Yuri Gagarin), in space. The original survival knife was lost when the hatch was jettisoned after landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
W.D. Randall, Jr., gave this knife to the Smithsonian.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. W.D. Randall, Jr.
Inventory Number
A19620001000
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
EQUIPMENT-Survival
Materials
Steel, leather, micarta
Dimensions
3-D: 24.1 × 8.3 × 2.5cm (9 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 1 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Record ID
nasm_A19620001000
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98660d5ad-902d-4f8f-9060-3fe5a66b1b53
Steel knife with movable, hollow wooden handles and leather tong
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Steel knife with movable, hollow wooden handles and leather tong
Steel knife with hollow wooden handles and leather tong