![]() The pattern of Velcro strips and snaps surrounding the connector cluster provided for installation of what seems to have been called an "umbilical cover". The various connectors are indentified in a diagram provided by Karl Dodenhoff. The PLSS upper attachment bracket is the metal ring below the name tag. The neck ring locking mechanism is at the top. Name Tag and Patches ( 1.4Mb ) or ( 1.1Mb ) Snoopy Cap (Communication Carrier) Front Left from Above ( 1.0Mb )īuzz's microphones are black tubes - roughly 4-5 mm in diameter - that emerge from the blue fittings on either side.Ī discussion of the Snoopy Cap can be found following 108:28:35. The lanyard makes opening the latch relatively easy while wearing suit gloves. The latching mechanism shown in the closed position. ![]() The latching mechanism is shown in the open position. The LEVA latch is at 12:00, just to the left of Amanda's hand. The neck cover closure is at a clock position of about 10:30. Flash photo.įront View with Gold Visor raised ( 0.9Mb )įront view showing the visor pivots on either side.īottom view showing the inside of the neck cover. Left rear view of the thermal covering, including the neck cover. The pull-down tabs for the side visors are on the right and left. Ulli is the photographer and we see Bill Ayrey reflected on the right.įront view from above with the gold visor down. The pull-down tabs for the side visors are on the right and left at the top where the visor and thermal covering meet.Īmanda tells us that the small, cloud-like smudges are earth dirt on the inside surface of the LEVA. Flash photoįront view with the gold visor down. Note the Velcro closure for the neck cover. Right side view with the gold visor down. View of the tag, the, lower part of the gold visor, and the neck cover. LEVA (Lunar Extravehicular Visor Assembly) Smithsonian Tag ( 0.9Mb ) Bill ayrey writes,"You depress the gold tab, pull that piece out and away from the neck-ring and rotate it to lock it or disengage it." Suit Neckring Locking Mechanism ( 0.6Mb )Ĭlose-up from above. ![]() The locking dogs are spring-loaded and, with a bevel on the tip, slide out of the way as the helmet in lowered into place and, once it is seated, snap out into the channel. One a set of pins - called 'locking dogs', says Bill Ayrey - that seat in a circumferential channel in the Helmet Neck Ring. Note the alignment marks and the suit-side part of the locking mechanism. The Valsalva device is inside the helmet on the astronaut's left. Helmet Neck Ring Engagement Marks ( 0.8Mb ) The front of the head rest pad is covered with white fabric. View from the bottom, showing the inlet of the helmet oxygen vent at about the 11 o'clock position. The blue and green areas above the ring are parts of the back of the head pad. View from the side of the circumferential channel at the bottom on the helmet that engages the locking pins in the suit portion of the neck ring. Neck Ring Helmet Neck Ring Fitting ( 1.0Mb ) Outside of the feedport with its cover installed. The valsalva device is on the inside of the locking ring on the right of center and the feedport is farther right IV Helmet Front view from above ( 1.2Mb ) ![]() The flap on this side of the glove covers the adjustable palm-restraint strap. View of the left glove palm with the sewn-on checklist visible on the top surface of the gauntlet.Ĭlose-up of the ILC label on the inside of the gauntlet, showing part and serial numbers and other identification information. Which is the last picture Neil took of Buzz before the end of the EVA. Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Suit Photographed at the National Air and Space Museum's Garber Facilityīy Ulli Lotzmann, Amanda Young, and Bill Ayrey. ![]()
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