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

Handrails serve as mobility and stability aids for astronauts during extravehicular activity. Handrails are installed to define a safe path and provide sturdy anchors for the astronauts to use while they are working outside the spacecraft. Handrails also serve as handles for equipment, giving the astronauts a secure hold on large components like the scientific instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. They are yellow to be easily visible against the white, silver, and black materials normally used on spacecraft and payloads. After the last servicing mission, NASA released this flight-ready handrail from the Hubble servicing equipment inventory.

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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.

Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type EQUIPMENT-EVA Devices Dimensions 3-D: 65.4 x 27.9 x 11.7cm (25 3/4 x 11 x 4 5/8 in.)
Materials Aluminum alloy, stainless steel, paint
Inventory Number A20120165000 Credit Line Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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