Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(1), 2004, pencil on paper, 18
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(1), 2004, pencil on paper, 18"X24"
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(2), 2004, pencil on paper, 18
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(2), 2004, pencil on paper, 18"X24"
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(3), 2004, pencil on paper, 18
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(3), 2004, pencil on paper, 18"X24"
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(4), 2004, pencil on paper, 18
Lunar Excursion Module Recycling Plans(4), 2004, pencil on paper, 18"X24"
Lem Structural Model, 2004, Styrene, wood, brass, Formica, urethane, paint, 11
Lem Structural Model, 2004, Styrene, wood, brass, Formica, urethane, paint, 11" X 16.5" X 16.5"
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Module, Ascent Stage, under construction in New Hampshire, summer 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Module, Ascent Stage, under construction in New Hampshire, summer 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, left rear 3/4 view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, left rear 3/4 view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Front view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Front view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, right rear 3/4 view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, right rear 3/4 view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, left 3/4 view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, left 3/4 view at Art Omi, 2004
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM hanging during installation at Museum Of Flight, Seattle, WA, spring 2007
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM hanging during installation at Museum Of Flight, Seattle, WA, spring 2007
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM next to an Apollo Command Module during installation of space exhibit at the Museum Of Flight, Seattle, WA, spring, 2007
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM next to an Apollo Command Module during installation of space exhibit at the Museum Of Flight, Seattle, WA, spring, 2007
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Commander's station, armrest, attitude controller
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Commander's station, armrest, attitude controller
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view, looking up toward docking tunnel (orange filter in place)
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view, looking up toward docking tunnel (orange filter in place)
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Conrad Carpenter's PLSS (Portable Life Support System)
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Conrad Carpenter's PLSS (Portable Life Support System)
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
optical telescope
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
optical telescope
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view, looking forward, crew station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view, looking forward, crew station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view looking forward, CDR (Commander) Station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view looking forward, CDR (Commander) Station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LMP (Lunar Module Pilot) station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LMP (Lunar Module Pilot) station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view of crew station looking forward
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view of crew station looking forward
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
front view; docking light
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
front view; docking light
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view of docking window (orange protective filter in place)
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior view of docking window (orange protective filter in place)
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, exterior
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, exterior
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior detail of CDR's window
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior detail of CDR's window
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior detail, LMP side
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior detail, LMP side
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior detail
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior detail
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior left side
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior left side
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Module, rear view
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Module, rear view
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior, right side
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior, right side
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, exterior front
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, exterior front
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking up toward docking tunnel and docking window
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking up toward docking tunnel and docking window
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking toward ceiling of crew station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking toward ceiling of crew station
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking forward from docking tunnel
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking forward from docking tunnel
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking forward from docking tunnel
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking forward from docking tunnel
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking from docking tunnel to front hatch
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking from docking tunnel to front hatch
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking out from front hatch
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Interior, looking out from front hatch
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior, looking in from front hatch
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior, looking in from front hatch
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, interior
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, interior
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, exterior
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Lunar Excursion Module, exterior
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LMP control panel
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
LMP control panel
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior, RCS (reaction control system) thruster quad
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Exterior, RCS (reaction control system) thruster quad
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
rear view looking forward
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
rear view looking forward
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
BPL CEO
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
BPL CEO
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
VHF, EVA antennas
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
VHF, EVA antennas
LEM, 2003-2007, 13'X11'X14', aluminum, steel, epoxy, wood, rubber, money
Front view at Art Omi, 2004

Lunar Excursion Module

From a text created at Brower Propulsion Laboratory Headquarters, describing this project which was realized over several years, through research and construction entirely conducted by one person (also the sole employee of BPL):

Beginning in 1999, BPL initiated the recreation of the machine that ferried astronauts to and from the moon's surface during the Apollo Program in the 1960's. The objective was to reproduce a NASA project as closely as possible to the original. The purpose was similar to the original, too, but reduced in scale. Since BPL is not comparable to NASA in the breadth of its budget or the depth of its knowledge, the project was undertaken as a 'crash course' in learning about this subject matter. BPL was forced to learn completely new skills and techniques to accomplish the reconstruction of the LEM. This mimicked NASA's invention of new materials and systems to accomplish the goal of getting to the moon and back. Where NASA invented, say, a new fabric which became Kevlar, BPL learned how to sew. When NASA employed 'chemical milling' to create the components of its spacecraft, BPL learned how to weld.

BPL's first LEM is now on the island of Sardinia (See "Vacuum" section of this website); The second LEM, pictured here, was exhibited at the gallery Parker's Box in 2004, then moved to the outdoor sculpture park, Art Omi, and now is hanging in The Museum Of Flight, in Seattle, Washington. The circuit of this project, originating in research in 'space' museums, then moving from site to site, indoors and out, in an art context, and finally coming to rest in another 'space' museum was an unplanned but satisfying 'mission objective'.

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