Virtual Visit of Space Gallery

Presenter  Steve Jurvetson, Future Ventures Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American businessman and venture capitalist.  Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems.  He is currently a board member of SpaceX and served on Tesla’s board from 2006–2020 among others. He later co-founded the firm Future Ventures with Maryanna Saenko, who worked with him at DFJ… Read More    Virtual visit of space gallery  Collection: Original RL-10 engineThe first oxygen/hydrogen engine, it had regenerative cooling and even impressed Werner Von Braun with its performance.  This particular model has parts from serial number 1 or 2 on it.  It’s had an incredibly long service life – designed in 1959 and is still used on rockets to this day. Apollo CouchThis model was not flown but used on the ground, probably for training purposes. External EVA handle from Apollo 11This is the only handle like this that exists on earth, all the other handles were destroyed due to radioactive waste.  The glow in the dark tabs on each side contain promethium-147 which is radioactive but has a short half life.  This handle was saved to see whether the handle would crack and leak the radioactive material, which it never did. Skylab bikeContains mechanical display systems and custom pedals with locking mechanisms for shoes, due to low gravity. Several pieces of spacecraft that blew up An entire lunar module flight computerAll the elements of the flight computer, with some of the software intact.  This particular unit is from LM2 – the lunar module in the Smithsonian.  This flight computer was used in the very first test flight of a digital fly by wire conformation.The first Hasseblad camera in spaceAstronaut Wrist checklistWorn by John Young on the moon during his famous jump shotOptical alignment sight from the lunar moduleAn armrest from the lunar landerTelescope eyepiece from Apollo 13 Command module air filter systemTR201 EngineA hypergolic pressure-fed rocket engine with no regenerative cooling Fuel cell used to test Apollo equipmentSame type as the one that exploded on Apollo 13, generates 1400 watts continuously. Valve assembly for Apollo SPS engineRussian scramjet engine for launchSpaceX DM2 panelLocated right above the hatch, this panel pops off in order for the parachutes to deploy Lunar orbiter componentsHigh gain antennaOmnidirectional low gain antennaA complete solar panel An engine from the Corona programA scope and camera from the first secret weaponized space stationFirst Apollo sextantUsed in all subsequent Apollo missions for guidance controlled Mission control consoleContains a gemini clock from the bunkhouse, seen in a photo in mission control.  The console was used in the control room as well as the movie Apollo 13.  It still has all the internal wiring. Sample processing module from the Viking mars landerContains a gas chromatograph, a mass spec, and three other instruments for life detection.  Logo shingle from Mercury Sigma 7Core memory block from Saturn VHeadset used on the first rover ride on the moon A complete Soyuz deckIt has an analog computer that could land with no electricity whatsoever.  Everything is modular, and the original extremely loud mechanical clock was replaced with a digital clock. Command module forward tunnel hatch Flown hatch from first Voskhod flightA chunk of MarsValidated by mineral analysis and trapped air bubbles of martian atmosphere.  This sample was not brought back by humans but rather ejected by Mars due to a meteor impact and landed naturally on Earth. Several chunks of the moon and asteroidsA signed poster of a successful flight of SpaceXThis was a project by Steve right after that infamous 60 minutes interview where Elon teared up hearing negative testimony from Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan.  Neil’s testimony was taken totally out of context and had 60 minutes publish a retraction.  Steve got signatures from Apollo astronauts in support of SpaceX and wanted to convince Gene to come out and support SpaceX. An extra shell of SputnikA prototype build of the American flag that was placed on the moon