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Object details:

Object Name: Extension Handle, Short Version, Apollo
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19850609000

	Object Name
	Extension Handle, Short Version, Apollo

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97d3979ae-8594-45b5-a496-35e9dcd6a5ac

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Overall: Stainless Steel, Aluminum

	Dimensions
	3-D: 61 × 16 × 3.5cm (24 × 6 5/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

	Summary
	Extension handles were designed to be compatible with a variety of lunar tools, such as the hammer, scoop, drive tubes, and rake. Two types of extension handles were employed during the Apollo era; a shorter version (23.75 in) was flown on Apollo 11 and 12, and a longer one (35.5 in) was used on subsequent missions.

	Summary
	This long extension handle was used for training and transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian in 1972.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.

	Inventory Number
	A19850609000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Lunar

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