Space Exploration
Space Exploration
Visors from the Lunar Extravehicular Visor Assembly (LEVA)
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July 27, 02:21 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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[NASA]
Visors from the Lunar Extravehicular Visor Assembly (LEVA)
Outer gold visor measures 14¾ inches from back to front along convex side, 11½ inches wide, serial number "493-1-2" scratched into side above right ear. Clear visor measures 14 inches from back to front along convex side, 11¼ inches wide, with nut, bolt, and washer assembly to each side. Slight mottling to gold surface from inside of visor, barely apparent from outside. With two blue spandex covers.
Ex. Albert Bush, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Engineer
Presumably from research and training, these two visors — one clear and one gold — from a Lunar Extravehicular Visor Assembly (LEVA) were once in the collection of a 1960s/1970s-era NASA engineer, and have serial number "493-1-2" scratched into the side of the gold visor above the right ear.
The inner visor is clear and covered with a thermal coating, whereas the outer visor is covered with a golden optical coating. The reflective golden LEVA visor is deservedly famous, given the iconic "visor shot" image of Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface.