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- Identical to flight elements, and marked by hand with the number “17” for loading in the Command Module. About 30 canisters were loaded per mission.
- This type of element (-0051) was replaced quickly with -0061, identical except that a sample of the LiOH was taken and packaged before assembly.
- Dated "FEB 19 '69". Measures 7 1/8" x 7 1/8" x 5 1/4" and weighs about 8 pounds.
- A green/aluminum Airesearch label on the side reads: "ABSORBER ELEMENT CO2, Part 813540-2-1, Serial 108-347, Order NAS-9-150, NASA 00400 01083476, Ref Spec ME901-0218-0051."
- Still sealed in original double plastic bags.
See photos below:
- Front of canister
- Back of canister
- Side view
- Side view with label
- Apollo 13 in-flight photo
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- Carbon dioxide absorber element from the Apollo Command Module.
- Contains lithium hydroxide to absorb the carbon dioxide exhaled by the astronauts in the spacecraft, and charcoal to filter odors from the air.
- Two elements of this type were used in parallel in the Apollo Environmental Control System. They were changed daily.
- This item came from the Charles Bell estate. Bell was a NASA employee at the Kennedy Space Center and a lifelong collector of space artifacts.
Price: US$ SOLD
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