Explosion Proof Telephone

Creator

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information

Files

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

This is one of two explosion-proof telephones saved from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The digital collection collaboration with the 45th Space Wing and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Space & Missile Museum and the University of South Florida Libraries (Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information) is documenting a number of artifacts and sites relating to early launch complexes and the race to space. This piece was captured using a structured light 3D scanner. While the exact provenance is not known, these types of phones played a role in the early blockhouse and launch complex facilities and originated from LC37 that was operational from 1959-1972, supporting the Saturn programs and the first uncrewed launch of the Apollo Lunar Module in space.

Streaming Media

Keywords

Astronauts, Aerospace, ARTEC, Phones, Space engineers, Structured light, Cold War, Laser scanning, Cape Canaveral, Space history, 45th Space Wing

Extent

1 3-D Model

Recommended Citation

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, "Explosion Proof Telephone" (2022). Cape Canaveral Space Force Station – 3D Historic Launch Complexes. 44.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cdhgi_cape_canaveral_3d/44