说明AEC-7O-878O OAK RIDGE,TENNESSEE. . .APOLLO MOONBOX. . .Special vacuum containers were fabricated by the Atomic Energy Commission’s Y-12 Plant for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The aluminum containers are used by Apollo astronauts to transport lunar specimens back to earth. The Y-12 Plant, operated by Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division, designed, fabricated, and performed much of the testing of the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Containers, nicknamed "moonbox". The container, in the foreground of the artist's concept, weighs 13 pounds. So far, they have been used on both Apollo 11 and 12 missions. Credit: Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Div.
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