General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

ALUMINUM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

182.0 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Manned spacecraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HEROUX

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Longueuil

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960'S-1970'S

Canada

SINCE 1942 THE CANADIAN FIRM HEROUX INC. HAS SPECIALIZED IN THE MFR. OF AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR & OTHER PARTS. THEIR EXPERTISE & RIGOUROUS STANDARDS CAUSED THEM TO BE CHOSEN TO SUPPLY HARDWARE FOR THE LUNAR LANDER. THUS, THE LEG STRUT EXEMPLIFIES HOW CANADIAN INDUSTRIES USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS FOR NICHE MARKETS OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMMES. HEROUX SUPPLIED 100 STRUTS & OTHER PARTS.

Function

A PRIMARY STRUT OF THE TELESCOPING LEG OF THE LUNAR LANDER MODULE OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM.

Technical

EACH OF THE 4 SPIDER-LIKE LANDER LEGS WAS ATTACHED AT THE UPPER END TO AN OUTRIGGER & TERMINATED IN A BALL JOINT ATTACHED TO A FOOTPAD AT THELOWER END. THE LANDING GEAR COULD ABSORB SEVERAL BOUNCES BUT WAS INCAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE VEHICLE ANYWHERE EXCEPT IN THE MOON'S 1/6 EARTH GRAVITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

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Finish

METALLIC

Decoration

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