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Object details:

Object Name: Bag, Organic Sample Monitoring
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19770248000

	Object Name
	Bag, Organic Sample Monitoring

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv947a53e91-233c-4188-aa9a-4b9d42360b3b

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Union Carbide Corp.

	Materials
	Mylar, Teflon, Aluminum, Paper, Adhesive, Ink

	Dimensions
	Overall (Sample Bag): 30.48 x 19.05 x 5.08cm (1ft x 7 1/2in. x 2in.)

	Dimensions
	Overall (Storage Bag): 28.58 x 20.32cm (11 1/4in. x 8in.)

	Summary
	Organic Sample Monitors in the form of clean, thin aluminum mesh were carried inside the Apollo Sample Return Containers on the Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 missions. After the mission, organic compound contamination of the mesh could be compared to contamination of the lunar samples to indicate if the source was the astronauts and spacecraft during the mission or of lunar origin. The mesh was inserted inside cylindrical Teflon bags.

	Summary
	This example (with mesh not inserted) is unflown. It was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1974.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred by the National Aeronautics and Space

	Inventory Number
	A19770248000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Lunar

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