Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage conditions may apply

Bags used to collect lunar samples evolved over the course of Apollo missions. Apollo 11 and 12 astronaut's made use of weigh bags made of Teflon film. These bags proved susceptible to tears and damage and were replaced on Apollo 14 with Beta cloth bags lined with Teflon film. For subsequent missions a more sophisticated Sample Collection Bag was developed and used.

This bag is a training version of the weigh bag used on Apollo 14. NASA transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1971.

 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-Lunar Manufacturer Union Carbide, Nuclear Division
 Dimensions 3-D: 42 × 22 × 15cm (16 9/16 × 8 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
 Materials Beta Cloth, Teflon Lining, Aluminum Stays
 Inventory Number A19720836000 Credit Line Transferred from NASA - Johnson Space Center Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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