a11_v_bw_o_n (S-69-45034)
Documentation photo of the first Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC-04/ALSRC-2), containing samples collected by Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, shortly after its arrival/quarantine at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), TX. Note the technician that's holding/displaying it - on the other side of the sealed examination chamber.
“The Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC) was an aluminum box with a triple seal. It was used on Apollo lunar landing missions to preserve a lunar-like vacuum around the samples and protect them from the shock environment of the earth return flight. An aluminum mesh liner helped absorb the shock impacts. Prior to flight, each box was loaded with sample container bags and other sample containment devices. The "rock box" was then closed under vacuum so that it would not contain pressure greater than the lunar ambient pressure. On the moon, while samples were being loaded, the seals were protected by a Teflon film and a cloth cover which were removed just prior to closing the box. Two ALSRC's were used on each mission.”
Credit: NASM
A FEW years later:
airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-...
sdasmuseum.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/img_1278.jpg
Good pertinent reading, as usual:
www.collectspace.com//ubb/Forum14/HTML/001362.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
a11_v_bw_o_n (S-69-45034)
Documentation photo of the first Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC-04/ALSRC-2), containing samples collected by Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, shortly after its arrival/quarantine at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), TX. Note the technician that's holding/displaying it - on the other side of the sealed examination chamber.
“The Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC) was an aluminum box with a triple seal. It was used on Apollo lunar landing missions to preserve a lunar-like vacuum around the samples and protect them from the shock environment of the earth return flight. An aluminum mesh liner helped absorb the shock impacts. Prior to flight, each box was loaded with sample container bags and other sample containment devices. The "rock box" was then closed under vacuum so that it would not contain pressure greater than the lunar ambient pressure. On the moon, while samples were being loaded, the seals were protected by a Teflon film and a cloth cover which were removed just prior to closing the box. Two ALSRC's were used on each mission.”
Credit: NASM
A FEW years later:
airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-...
sdasmuseum.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/img_1278.jpg
Good pertinent reading, as usual:
www.collectspace.com//ubb/Forum14/HTML/001362.html
Credit: collectSPACE website