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Kapton Polymide Tape Mission: Apollo 11 CM: Columbia LM: Eagle   Crew: Neil A. Armstrong Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Michael Collins Launch: July 16, 1969   Landing: July 24, 1969   Duration: 8 Days, 3 hours 22 hrs on the Moon   Comment: First manned lunar landing This swatch of pressure-sensitive Kapton polyimide tape was cut from Columbia's thermal protection subsystem by North American Apollo recovery team member Ossie Reid. Applied over the external ablator surface of the Command Module, the tape was coated with aluminum and oxidized silicon monoxide to shield the spacecraft from the extreme temperatures of outer space. back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com