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Apollo astronauts’ carried a small, battery-powered cassette voice recorder with them in the Command Module during lunar missions. The recorder was used to record information relevant to the crew log. This recorder and tapes were flown on the Apollo 12 mission and transferred to the Smithsonian in 1974.

Display Status

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

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices

Dimensions

3-D: 10.1 × 1.3 × 6.4cm (4 × 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

Materials

Overall- Plastic, Magnetic Tape

Inventory Number

A19740665001

Credit Line

Transferred from the NASA - Johnson Space Center

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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