Mission Control

KSC Apollo 3B3 Time Base Delayed Sweep Triggering Panel

Triggering_panel
With fun dials, knobs and vacuum tubes, this equipment was made by Tektronix for NASA and used at Kennedy Space Center during Apollo launches.  This is a plug-in for a standard Tektronix oscilloscope and was probably a diagnostic tool as opposed to a monitoring tool.


Gene Kranz Mission Control Console Sign

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This is the actual MOD (Mission Operations Director) sign that sat atop the Mission Control Console of Eugene F. Kranz "White Flight".  It has been signed by Gene.

Apollo Pad Range Safety Communications Box

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This Apollo Pad Range Safety Communications Box is weird and wonderful. The face bears two volume control buttons, a station selector, and an admonition to "use blue microphone headsets only." The right side bears four identification tags which read S/N 23, N-29712, Four Wire Modification GE 63A102135, Rev G, NASA Property General Electric Apollo Support Department, No 11470, Contract No 10-410, and Four Wire Modification GE 63A102508, Rev 0.

Gene Kranz' Apollo 11 patch

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This AB Emblems Apollo 11 patch came from the personal collection of former NASA Flight Director Eugene F. Kranz ("White Flight").