Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This urine collection and transfer device was provided to the astronauts aboard the Command Module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
- Liquid waste was collected in the yellow rubberized portion of the device, which was worn under the astronaut's clothing. Roll-on cuffs provided personal sanitary protection in the weightless environment of space. Urine was transferred through the transfer tube to a tank, amd then was vented into space.
- NASA transferred this to the Museum in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19980041000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- Overall - polymer covered textile, elastic, Velcro
- Valves - stainless steel, rubber, brass
- Dimensions
- 3-D (yellow portion, flat, 186g): 68.6 × 38.1 × 1.9cm, 0.1kg (2 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 3 in. × 3/4 in., 0.2lb.)
- 3-D (elastic portion, flat, 36g): 45.7 × 35.6 × 0.6cm (1 ft. 6 in. × 1 ft. 2 in. × 1/4 in.)
- Storage (in box): 74.3 × 52.1 × 4.4cm (2 ft. 5 1/4 in. × 1 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 1 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19980041000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96ef79182-0824-44c5-9891-4e9028a780d8
