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Object details:

Object Name: Keyboard, Manual Data, Gemini 7
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19761884000

	Object Name
	Keyboard, Manual Data, Gemini 7

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97e04e04a-df23-404b-b3fb-f9583242868f

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	IBM Corporation

	Materials
	Aluminum, Acrylic (Plexiglas), Steel, Cadmium Plating, Plastic, Paint

	Dimensions
	3-D: 8.6 x 14 x 8.6cm, 0.6kg (3 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in., 1 3/8lb.)

	Summary
	The Manual Data Keyboard (MDK), manufactured by IBM, consists of a ten-digit keypad. Together with the Manual Data Readout device, it was used to input numbers into the Gemini spacecraft on-board computer. Numbers entered via this unit would select memory addresses in the computer, as well as enter actual numerical data. What the numbers signified was determined by settings on the MDR.

	Summary
	This keyboard was taken from the Gemini 7 spacecraft, which flew in Earth orbit in December 1965, piloted by astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell, Jr. NASA transferred this MDK to the Museum in 1976.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	Inventory Number
	A19761884000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Landing

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