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Asset Name:
media:NASM-A19720949000cp08

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Object details:

Object Name: Model, Wind Tunnel, Apollo, LES Canard Section
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19720949000

	Object Name
	Model, Wind Tunnel, Apollo, LES Canard Section

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a61d85a6-2fc2-433a-b7fd-0f0d60769ef1

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Unknown

	Materials
	Steel, epoxy with metal

	Dimensions
	3-D: 20.3 x 8.9 x 21.6cm (8 x 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)

	Summary
	This is a wind tunnel model of the Apollo Launch Escape System (LES) nose, with canards or fairings deployed (open). The model was used in wind tunnel tests during the 1960s at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center for Project Apollo.

	Summary
	The object was donated to the NASM in 1971.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Manned Spacecraft Center

	Inventory Number
	A19720949000

	Type
	MODELS-Wind Tunnel

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