Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Visor, Extravehicular, Apollo, A7-L, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Flown
Orange plastic over-helmet with white beta-cloth cover; clear plex pull-down visor with metal edge / handle, gold plated sun visor with three pull-down metal sunshades.
Display Status:
This object is on display in the The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
This Extra-vehicular visor assembly was worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface during his historic Apollo 11 mission in July, 1969.
The A7-L Lunar Extravehicular Visor Assembly consists of a polycarbonate shell onto which the cover, visors, hinges, eyeshades, and latch are attached. It has two visors, one covered with a thermal control coating and the other with a gold optical coating. It also has two side sunshields which could be raised and lowered independently.
This helmet was worn over the pressure helmet and fastened with a latch during EVA periods, and provided impact, micrometeoroid, thermal, ultraviolet and infrared light protection.
Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1971.
