Description
This is a fully functional, and very accurate copy of the Apollo safety tether that Neil Armstrong used on his Apollo 11 flight, which he kept after this historic mission. His collection of items from the first manned mission to the moon was not discovered till after his death in 2012 and are now in the Smithsonian's collection. (We have included a photo of Neil Armstrong's flown tether hook, used as he descended the ladder of the LM- Last photo)The tether consists of two snap hooks, one small (available separately) and one large hook attached to a brown herringbone weave webbing. Accurate "PUSH TO LOCK" graphics, herringbone brown webbing and part & serial numbers. The hooks are machined in 6061-T6 aluminum, and clear anodized. The small hook was modeled directly off of a real flown Apollo tether hook. (available separately) Like the original, the locking button had red and green painted bands, Red indicating Unsafe /unlocked and green for Safe/ locked. Also like the original, There is a spring plunger that registers the lock button in its locked / safe position. Both hooks have the exact same function as the real ones. We have only a few of these complete assemblies, so act fast before they are gone. We have many other Apollo suit parts available, so check out our other listings. Here at Orbital Surplus, we collect odds and ends from anywhere in the galaxy. So depending on what empire has collapsed, space freighter has crashed or Transport "got lost", we never know what we will receive next. However, we have lost our lease on the asteroid we have called home for more than 30 solar cycles and have to move. So we are finding stuff we forgot we had, and this is where you luck out, cause it all has to go!
jie mu0ea1b0
Excellent seller ~ great communication, sent the boots right away (straight after my payment!), the delivery came in good time, it was well packaged and the boots were exactly as described in great condition ~ highly recommended, thank you 😊🙌🏼
Arup Raton Roy
Item shipped quickly and exactly as described. I am a very happy repeat customer. A++++ transaction.
phpbeginnerb
Item arrived very quickly and just as described with great packaging. Great seller!!!