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Control Panel, Ground Test, Auxiliary Panel, Gemini

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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum, it is either on loan or in storage.

Control Panel, Ground Test, Auxiliary Panel, Gemini

 

  • Summary

Contractor:   McDonnell Aircraft

Manufactured for:   National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
3-D Test: 34.3 x 7.6 x 22.9cm (13 1/2 x 3 x 9 in.)

Materials:
Panel - Sheet Metal Switches - Various Materials Wire - Copper, with Plastic Insulation

This is one of four panels from a ground-based installation, which was used for training Project Gemini astronauts for their flights. It duplicated some of the instruments found in the actual Gemini capsule.

NASA transferred this item to the Smithsonian at the conclusion of the Gemini program.

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration


Inventory number: A19960355000