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This is a power plug received in shipment with the original Spartan flight instrument carried into space five times in the Shuttle payload bay and deployed for the duration of each mission into a parallel orbit with Shuttle. The SPARTAN program was created by NASA in the 1980s to replace its suborbital sounding rocket program.

NASA Goddard transferred this to the Smithsonian in 2004.

 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-Power Sources Manufacturer Pass & Seymour
 Dimensions Approximate: 93.5 × 5.1 × 3.8cm (3 ft., 2 × 1 1/2 in.)
 Materials Metal, rubber
 Inventory Number A20040121003 Credit Line Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goddard Space Flight Center. Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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