Rope, Sleep Restraint, Apollo 11
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Object Details
- Summary
- During entry preparation for an unsuited entry, the astronaut's spacesuits are stowed in a sleep restraint (sleeping bag) and lashed down in the center aisle by these ropes. A rope is a PBI (polybenzimidazole) fiber, 10-feet long, with plastic ferrules on the ends to prevent fraying. There are five ropes in all stowed at launch in locker A5.
- This is one of the five ropes flown on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. It was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19791743000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Nylon [(PBI (polybenzimidazole) according to the Apollo Operations Handbook]
- Paper
- Plastic
- Synthetic Fabric
- Steel
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Rope): 311.2 x 1cm (10 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 3/8 in.)
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Paper Tag): 14.6 x 7.3cm (5 3/4 x 2 7/8 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_A19791743000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90f0c7b94-4f14-4f47-bbab-41594f3af548
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