Found artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission

After the death of Neil Armstrong (August 25, 2012), his widow, Carol found in the closet of her husband a white cloth bag. There appeared a number of artifacts from the first moon landing .

Wife contacted the curator of the collection at the National Museum Apollo Aviation Smithsonian Institution and submitted photos of things. He immediately realized that the bag (known as the astronauts Purse) and its equipment can be brought to the mission of Apollo 11. He turned to specialists and other astronauts them to explain the origin and destination of each item. Studies have shown that the bag is indeed the equipment to work on the surface, and Neil Armstrong took her with him to the lunar module during the epic mission of Apollo 11. Since there are few things returned back to the base, they now represent a great historical value. < br />
It is worth noting 16mm camera and 10mm lens. The camera was attached behind the right front window of the lunar module and used for the filming of the last phase of descent to the moon landing. It also eliminates the activity of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface, including the taking of the first samples of lunar soil and plant the US flag.





Armstrong's widow kindly agreed to lend items to the museum for the preservation, research, and public exhibitions. To date, they have studied thoroughly. Each artifact otfotografirovali a resolution of approximately 35 megapixels from different angles, cataloged, have provided a detailed description and posted on the Internet a >. Wonder how carefully museum workers reacted to the work, they worked almost eighteen months.




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For example, like this from all sides filmed module alignment space crew (Crewman Optical Alignment Sight, COAS), which was set over the window Armstrong. Is also very valuable artifact, like the camera.





Pictures to save (the original 35 MT), the filter separately filmed no less carefully















Now in the archives of photos and found the historical scenes with some of the details can be seen in the picture.



By the way, the site of the museum published transcript of astronauts with the control center after the departure from the moon, where they discuss whether it is possible to bring some souvenirs in the bag.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/245618/