Apollo Command Module LiOH Filter Assembly, dated March 20, 1969 (two months before Apollo X).

7.25 x 7.25 x 5.25, bearing an affixed label with embossed part specifications, headed “Absorber Element” and noting “Ref. Spec. ME901-0218-0051.”

This piece of equipment would be utilized in conjunction with the Apollo Command Module Environmental Control Unit (ECU) to remove carbon dioxide and to filter particulate from the atmosphere.

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  1. Markings on side backside As jerry-rigged in the Apollo 13 LM (square box for a round hole). Note the torn strips of duct table running at right angles and plugging the center: Filter box goes hereApollo Command Module CO2 ScrubberP.S. I had a incredible experience once training on the use of similar scrubbers with astronaut Scott Parazynski in a submarineInner Space

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