Space Shuttle-era Stand Alone Acceleration Measurement Device (SAAMD), 6.5″ x 2″ x 3″, dated to 1996, with engraved information to front: “SAAMD, P/N SED39122671-301, S/N 1004,” and the underside stamped, “SED39122071-303.” Includes its original deaccession bag with ‘FCE/EVA Report’ label and inventory tag. In fine condition.
SAAMD was a self-contained autonomous data acquisition system designed to measure low-frequency acceleration in the Space Shuttle during launch and landing. The device was triggered by an inertia switch that is closed by the vibration of starting the main engines prior to launch and is triggered again by an inertia switch closed upon reentry. SAAMD was one of eight experiments carried in the TAS-1 Hitchhiker payload during the STS-85 mission, which launched on August 7, 1997, and landed 12 days later on August 19, 1997.
