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Object details:

Object Name: Tongs, Long
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19810701000

	Object Name
	Tongs, Long

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93547ac11-4f95-4925-9a92-4748e8bd362c

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	NASA - Johnson Space Center

	Materials
	Aluminum Alloy

	Materials
	Ferrous Alloy (17-4 PH Stainless Steel)

	Materials
	Paint

	Materials
	Uncharacterized Coatings

	Materials
	Uncharacterized Synthetic Material

	Dimensions
	3-D: 80 × 10 × 12.5cm (2 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 3 15/16 in. × 4 15/16 in.)

	Summary
	This is the longer of two styles of tongs used by Apollo astronauts on the lunar surface. These long tongs were designed to be carried in the tool carrier mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (on the earlier missions shorter tongs were attached to fasteners at the waist of the lunar spacesuit). The tongs were used to pick up individual rocks smaller than 10 cm in size.

	Summary
	Used for training, these tongs were transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1981.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.

	Inventory Number
	A19810701000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Lunar

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