Parachute, Personnel, Gemini XI
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Ventura
- Summary
- Either Charles "Pete" Conrad or Richard Gordon wore this parachute on their Gemini XI mission, September 12-15, 1966. If there had been a launch-vehicle emergency, they could have ejected from the spacecraft. This parachute would have unfolded after the astronaut separated from the ejection seat.
- In 1967, the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center transferred this parachute to the Smithsonian's collections.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19680269000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Parachutes
- Materials
- Silk, nylon
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 32 ft. diameter (975.36cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Human Spaceflight
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680269000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9285c4f9b-6335-4a5b-9933-ea4aa9dbd5aa
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