Apollo Command Module Couch with Hand Controllers

I have added an Apollo translation controller (left) and rotation controllers (Block I center and Block II on right) to the Command Module couch. They easily snapped into place.

This Block II design was manufactured in May 1968, and carries Serial Numbers 1 and 2 (marking plates in photos below).

From the NASA Technical Note: “The Block II couch consisted of three individual body supports that were attached by pip pins and clamps to a supporting framework. The body supports could be folded at the hip joint and knee joint, had provisions for locking the seat pan at two angles other than that of the folded position, were capable of being folded at approximately the shoulder position, and could be detached from the framework for storage. The body supports also could be detached and folded in flight by a crewman in a pressurized space suit. As in the case of side-hatch EVA, the center body support is detached and stowed under the couch of the spacecraft commander. The headrest was adjustable in flight for any size crewman and for any pressure-suit condition. The backpan portion of the body support was constructed of Teflon-coated fiber glass, which would conform to the crewman for comfortable support. Restraint of the crewman was the same as in the Apollo 7 couch with the six-point harness and the passive heel restraint.”