Pouch, Storage with Roll-on Urine Cuffs, Armstrong, Apollo 11

Object Details

Summary: This small bag with Velcro closure contains six latex cuffs stowed for use on the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. The pouch was assigned to mission commander Neil Armstrong, but they were never used. The cuffs were part of the urine collection systems used both on the Apollo spacecraft and while astronauts wore their spacesuits for lunar exploration. In each instance, the cuffs provided a sanitary link between the astronaut and the urine collection devices.; Transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1970.

Materials: Beta cloth, Velcro, Latex, Ink, Synthetic Material
Dimensions: 3-D (L x W x H) (Pouch Closed): 7.6 × 7.9 × 4.4cm (3 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.); 3-D (L x W x H) (Pouch Open): 13.3 × 7.6 × 4.4cm (5 1/4 × 3 × 1 3/4 in.); 3-D (L x W x H) (Flexible Cuffs Folded): 4.8 × 4.4 × 1.3cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in.); 3-D (L x W x H) (Flexible Cuffs Unfolded): 13.7 × 4.4 × 1.3cm (5 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in.); 3-D (L x W x H) (Hardened Cuffs): 4.1 × 3.5 × 2.5cm (1 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 in.); 3-D (L x W x H) (Fragments): 2.9 × 1.6 × 1cm (1 1/8 × 5/8 × 3/8 in.)

National Air and Space Museum

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9994dfe0f-f4fc-4d44-97d4-441c73a9c75f