• Cover of a sealed white-colored fabric cover for an oxygen purge system. One red and white tag states that the cover has been "cleaned for service" and is not to be opened "except for use or inspection".
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    The Museum received this Oxygen Purge System cover used by Gene Cernan during Apollo 17 in the 1980s. The artifact came sealed in a plastic bag. In 2014, Museum curators and conservators opened the package for the very first time.

  • Cover of a sealed white-colored fabric cover for an oxygen purge system. One red and white tag states that the cover has been "cleaned for service" and is not to be opened "except for use or inspection".

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