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LUNAR RAKE MOCKUP USED FOR TRAINING.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

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LUNAR RAKE MOCKUP USED FOR TRAINING.

Aluminum rake, Grumman, c.1969, 1,029 x 292 mm. Folding wire scoop and red painted band at lower end of shaft. Six rivet holes on shaft for attaching additional extension handle. Aluminum tab reading "GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENG. CORP" and serial number 144511 affixed to top of scoop.
Provenance: Bonhams, The Space History Sale, New York, April 21, 2015, Property of an Institution.

This Lunar Rake from NASA contractors Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was used during astronaut training to simulate the collection of soil samples larger than 1 cm in diameter from the lunar regolith.

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