Parachute, Personnel, Gemini XI
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Ventura
- Summary
- This is a personnel parachute worn by either Charles "Pete" Conrad or Richard Gordon during their Gemini XI mission, September 12-15, 1966. If there had been an emergency during launch or reentry, they would have ejected from the spacecraft in their ejection seats. This parachute would have deployed after the astronaut separated from the seat. Manufactured by Northrop Ventura, NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center transferred this parachute to NASM in 1967.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19680270000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Parachutes
- Materials
- Nylon, Synthetic Fabric, Ripstop Nylon, Steel, Teflon, Velcro, Rubber, Brass, Paint
- Dimensions
- Storage (Rehoused in PSC): 115.6 × 123.2 × 69.2cm, 66.2kg (45 1/2 × 48 1/2 × 27 1/4 in., 146lb.)
- 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_A19680270000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91ef96e86-02f1-49c1-8f35-48a08898f147
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