Size: 13.8 x 10.4 cm.
Status: unflown
Description: Presentation with a swatch of teflon-coated fiberglass lacing tape material that was used in the Apollo program following the tragic Apollo 1 fire on January 27th, 1967.
Description: Presentation with a swatch of teflon-coated fiberglass lacing tape material that was used in the Apollo program following the tragic Apollo 1 fire on January 27th, 1967.
Following the tragic Apollo 1 fire on January 27,1967, a series of full-scale flammability tests of the Apollo Command Module (CM) were performed in a CM Boilerplate test chamber to attempt to determine the cause of the fire. These were followed by additional flammability tests in the CM Boilerplate and in a Lunar Module (LM) Boilerplate test chamber to evaluate improved fire-resistant materials to allow the resumption of the Apollo flights. One of the fire-resistant materials tested, and then incorporated into the Apollo CM and LM spacecraft, was teflon-coated fiberglass lacing tape, which was used to tie groups of wires and cables into bundles.
Above: Example of wire bundles held together with the teflon-coated laced tapes inside the Lunar Module during the Apollo 13 mission. Photo: AS13-62-8929. Credit: NASA.
Presentation #68/299 and certified by Paul Hartunian.
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