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Girth_rulez t1_isxetno wrote

Reply to comment by latchkey_adult in U.S. Astronaut James McDivitt, commander of Apollo 9, dies at age 93 by latchkey_adult

And there was also a piece of gear named after him in the Lunar Module. The "McDivitt purse." A small canvas bag used to secure items that might otherwise fly around the cabin.

Fun fact: Neil Armstrong squirreled away the "McDivitt purse" from the Eagle, with a lot of cool spacecraft parts in it. He had it at the bottom of his closet and it was not discovered until he died. I think this was a little joke be played on us all.

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CodeMonkeyPhoto t1_isy2ij4 wrote

Looks like he kept assorted lengths of wire.

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Girth_rulez t1_it1q8vv wrote

The wires were little lights. There are also some other things, like the film camera used to document the first manned landing on the moon.

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