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Sextant, Eyepiece

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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.

Sextant, Eyepiece

 

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Manufacturer:   Kollsman Instrument Company

Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
3-D Test: 27.3 x 13.7 x 10.2cm (10 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 4 in.)

Materials:
Anodized Aluminum Aluminum Paint Glass Rubber Steel Stainless Steel

This is probably an unflown fragment of the optical system used on the Apollo Command Module to assist the astronauts in navigation from Earth to the Moon and back. However, this has not been verified. No other information is known.

Found in collection. Donor unknown at this time. Found on NASM premises.


Inventory number: A20020515000