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Bags, Documented Sample, Flat Rectangular with Dispenser, Apollo

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States

Documented sample bags were numbered bags with closures that allowed samples to be identified and kept separate from one another. These bags were grouped into dispensers which provided easy access for the astronauts. Although documented sample bags of several different configurations were used on the Apollo missions, two basic shapes described most bags -- cup-shaped and flat rectangular. The cup-shaped bags came in sets of 35 (used on the Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 missions) and in sets of 48 (used on the Apollo 17 mission). Flat rectangular bags in sets of 20 were used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17.This set of flat bags was transferred to the Smithsonian from NASA in 1974.

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  • Title: Bags, Documented Sample, Flat Rectangular with Dispenser, Apollo
  • Physical Dimensions: 3-D (DIspenser): 20 × 5 × 28cm (7 7/8 × 1 15/16 × 11 in.)3-D (Single bag): 22 × 0.2 × 21cm (8 11/16 × 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
  • External Link: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection/id/nasm_A19810920000
  • Medium: Frames: AluminumBags: Polyethelyne
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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