Bag, Urine Accumulator, Glenn, Friendship 7
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This urine accumulator bag was part of the personal hygiene equipment issued to astronaut John Glenn on his Friendship 7 flight in February 1962, and is made of latex rubber. Though it was flown on this mission, it was never used and was transferred to the National Air and Space Museum in 1967.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19670191000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- Plastic
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 23.7 × 3 × 17cm (9 5/16 × 1 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
- 3-D (Unfolded): 37.5 × 56.5 × 2.5cm (1 ft. 2 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 10 1/4 in. × 1 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Destination Moon
- Title
- Bag, Urine Accumulator, Glenn, Friendship 7
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19670191000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv982481a79-ba5e-42d3-b94a-10428ae47749
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