The Display Keyboard (DSKY), designed by the Raytheon Corporation, was the method by which Apollo astronauts communicated with the computers on board the Apollo Command and Lunar Modules. A command module had two DSKYs: one on the main control panel and one in the lower navigation bay. The lunar module had one, identical DSKY. The interface consisted of a simple numerical keyboard, a row of status lights, and a set of lighted numerical indicators. Astronauts instructed the computer by keying in numerical codes in a "verb - noun" sequence.
This specimen is one of several transferred from NASA to the Museum at the end of the Apollo program. It is not known whether it was installed in a flown spacecraft.
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
INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
Manufacturer
Raytheon Production Corp.
Dimensions
3-D: 20.6 × 20.3 × 17.8cm (8 1/8 × 8 × 7 in.)
Materials
Non-Magnetic White Metal
Plastic
Ferrous Alloy
Rubber
Paint
Inventory Number
A19760811000
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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