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Aluminum Collection

Background imageAluminum Collection: Penetrometer, Lunar Self Recording (LSRP), Apollo, 1970s. Creator: NASA

Penetrometer, Lunar Self Recording (LSRP), Apollo, 1970s. Creator: NASA
The Self-Recording Penetrometer was a device used on Apollo 15 and 16 to measure some mechanical properties of the lunar soil

Background imageAluminum Collection: Camera, Stereo 35mm, Lunar Surface, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Kodak

Camera, Stereo 35mm, Lunar Surface, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Kodak
This Eastman Kodak 35mm camera is the same as the ones used to take pairs of close-up photographs of the lunar surface. When the cameras base was placed on the Moons surface

Background imageAluminum Collection: Satellite, Pioneer I, Reconstructed Replica, 1963. Creator

Satellite, Pioneer I, Reconstructed Replica, 1963. Creator
This is a replica of a Pioneer satellite intended to orbit the moon. Pioneer 1 was launched on October 11, 1958, but the final velocity was insufficient to escape the earths gravity

Background imageAluminum Collection: Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company

Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company
This diesel engine was designed and built under the direction of the Packard Companys Chief Aeronautical Engineer, L. M. Woolson

Background imageAluminum Collection: Aluminum pot and lid used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. Creator: Primus

Aluminum pot and lid used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. Creator: Primus
Aluminum pot and lid used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. This aluminum cooking pot was among the equipment American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Background imageAluminum Collection: Controller, Magnetic Compass, General Electric, 2CA10E1, Wiley Post crash

Controller, Magnetic Compass, General Electric, 2CA10E1, Wiley Post crash
Cylindrical shaped panel mounted instrument, with white luminous figures on black face. Earth induction compass. On 15 August 1935

Background imageAluminum Collection: Antenna Loop, Dual, from P-51 'Excalibur III', 1950s. Creator: Unknown

Antenna Loop, Dual, from P-51 "Excalibur III", 1950s. Creator: Unknown
Dual antenna loops mounted side by side on ovoid stainless steel plate. Loops are energized with small electric motors mounted adjacent to the base of each loop

Background imageAluminum Collection: Teledyne Continental Motors Voyager-200 Horizontally-opposed Engine, 1987

Teledyne Continental Motors Voyager-200 Horizontally-opposed Engine, 1987
In 1930, Continental began development of air-cooled horizontally opposed engines for low-powered aircraft. For example, the Continental A-40 made the classic Piper Cub possible

Background imageAluminum Collection: Camera, Lunar Mapping, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Fairchild Space & Defense Systems

Camera, Lunar Mapping, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Fairchild Space & Defense Systems
This is the flight backup for the mapping cameras used on the last three Apollo missions. Mapping the lunar surface was a high priority during Apollo 15, 16, and 17

Background imageAluminum Collection: Model, Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise, 1982. Creator: Stephen W. Henninger

Model, Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise, 1982. Creator: Stephen W. Henninger
Model, Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise, 1982. Wood, aluminum, plastic, and brass exhibit model of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier in overall gray with red bottom color scheme

Background imageAluminum Collection: Dead reckoning computer owned by Sally Ride. Creator: Telex Communications Inc

Dead reckoning computer owned by Sally Ride. Creator: Telex Communications Inc
This TELEX E-6B dead reckoning computer belonged to Dr. Sally K. Ride. It is a circular slide rule used in aviation for calculating factors such as fuel burn, wind correction, ground speed

Background imageAluminum Collection: Laundry pail associated with the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, mid-20th century

Laundry pail associated with the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, mid-20th century
Bucket used by African-American activists Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy on the Selma to Montgomery marches as part of the US civil rights movement


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