Window Retainer, Right-Hand Inner, Gemini XII
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Object Details
- Summary
- The Gemini spacecraft had two windows, one in each hatch in front of each astronaut. This artifact is the inner frame and gasket for the right-hand window. The right-hand seat on Gemini XII was occupied by Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. He flew with James Lovell as mission command pilot on a four day mission in November 1966, the last in the Gemini series. That mission proved the feasibility of doing work on a zero-G EVA ("spacewalk") and rendezvoused and docked with an Agena target vehicle.
- This window frame was shipped separately from the spacecraft when NASA transferred the latter to the Smithsonian in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Transferred by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19680265020
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Parts & Structural Components
- Materials
- Gasket - rubber (silicone)
- Other - aluminum
- Overall - resin-impregnated fabric
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 x 10 3/4 x 19in. (2.5 x 27.3 x 48.3cm)
- 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_A19680265020
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv948f5e640-99cc-470c-8c58-c171d1e0691e
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