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LUNAR DUST BRUSH COMPONENTS BLUEPRINT SIGNED BY ASTRONAUTS WHO USED IT WHILE ON THE MOON
Large Keeper - Lunar Dust Brush blueprint.
Large Keeper - Lunar Dust Brush blueprint.
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LUNAR DUST BRUSH COMPONENTS BLUEPRINT
SIGNED BY ASTRONAUTS WHO USED IT WHILE ON THE MOON
Large Keeper - Lunar Dust Brush blueprint. NASA, Houston, TX, January 31, 1970, 22 x 34 inches, enlarged scale of 2 to 1.
BOLDLY SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Apollo flight and Lunar Module number by: BUZZ ALDRIN, ALAN BEAN, EDGAR MITCHELL, and CHARLES M. DUKE, JR.
The Apollo lunar dust brush was use by astronauts on the moon's surface to remove lunar dust from flight equipment and their space suits. This blueprint illustrates five different views of the "large keeper," an oval device on the dust brush handle which assisted with locking and right-angle movement of the handle relative to the brush bristle head. Written design specifications include: "Dry film lubricate all exterior surfaces except as shown... Break all sharp edges..." Accompanied by a dual image 8 x 10 inch black and white NASA photograph of the brush itself, showing the keeper on the handle. Printed NASA text on the photograph verso.
Large Keeper - Lunar Dust Brush blueprint. NASA, Houston, TX, January 31, 1970, 22 x 34 inches, enlarged scale of 2 to 1.
BOLDLY SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Apollo flight and Lunar Module number by: BUZZ ALDRIN, ALAN BEAN, EDGAR MITCHELL, and CHARLES M. DUKE, JR.
The Apollo lunar dust brush was use by astronauts on the moon's surface to remove lunar dust from flight equipment and their space suits. This blueprint illustrates five different views of the "large keeper," an oval device on the dust brush handle which assisted with locking and right-angle movement of the handle relative to the brush bristle head. Written design specifications include: "Dry film lubricate all exterior surfaces except as shown... Break all sharp edges..." Accompanied by a dual image 8 x 10 inch black and white NASA photograph of the brush itself, showing the keeper on the handle. Printed NASA text on the photograph verso.