Chemicals, Desalinization, Rucksack #1, Apollo
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Van Brode Milling Company Inc.
- Summary
- Chemical desalter packets were designed to be used in conjunction with the desalinization bags. The desalter kits in the survival rucksack contained a desalter process bag, desalter tablets, and bag repair tape. The desalter bags are plastic with a filter at the bottom. Approximately one pint of seawater is put into a bag and one tablet added. After one hour, drinking water may be taken through a valve on the bottom of the bag.
- These packets were flown on Apollo 15, and transferred to the Smithsonian from NASA in 1978.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA, Johnson Space Center.
- Inventory Number
- A19781452006
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Survival
- Materials
- EXTERIOR - BROWN PAPER, TIN
- INTERIOR - CHEMICALS
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 10.2 x 3.8 x 1.3cm (4 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Human Spaceflight
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19781452006
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ca9eb0de-4b8c-4264-a123-6e251de5a70d
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