Search

Start Over Creator Duke University. Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology.

Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology Records, Circa 1961-1989, 1968-2007

The Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology is the Southeast's regional referral center for Hyperbaric Medicine. It is a multi-place, critical care-oriented, hyperbaric facility available 24 hours a day. The collection contains lantern slides, 35 mm slides, photographs, negatives, drawings, small artifacts, letters, and clippings. Major subjects include the construction of the lab, the Atlantis dive series, the Apollo missions, and collaboration with the Navy. Materials range in date from 1961 to 2007.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 34

Apollo Missions, circa 1961-1975

This series contains items related to the Hyperbaric Center's testing for the Apollo Missions, known for putting the first man on the moon. Contains lantern slides of the moon landing, technical drawings, space illustrations, equipment, and testing results. Also contains a photograph of Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin with the planted U.S. flag, signed by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin. Materials are undated and therefore date to the missions, circa 1961 to 1975.