Modem, Communications, Shuttle
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA - Johnson Space Center
- Summary
- Space Shuttle astronauts carried one or more slightly-modified laptop computers, which were used for a variety of tasks to assist them in carrying out their missions. Early laptops did not have a built-in modem, as later ones have, and therefore this modem was carried on-board to allow the crew to communicate with ground stations. This modem flew on several Shuttle missions, from 1991 to 1996.
- NASA transferred this object to the Museum in 1998.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.
- Inventory Number
- A19990003000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices
- Materials
- Aluminum, stainless steel, steel, plastic, gold plating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 17.8 x 7 x 3.8cm (7 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 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_A19990003000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91c0cbc5f-aefb-4be9-baa2-03591388ee1e
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