Kit, First Aid, Mercury, Glenn, Friendship 7
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Object Details
- Astronaut
- John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This first aid kit was part of the equipment assigned to John Glenn for his historic Friendship 7 mission in February, 1962.
- The kit is small, and contained minor first aid supplies for use in the event of a minor mishap.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19670190000
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Medical
- Materials
- Case: Aluminized nylon, polyester
- Scissors: Chromed steel
- Cords: Plastic-coated copper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 1/2in. x 2 1/4in. x 1in. (24.1 x 5.7 x 2.5cm)
- 3-D (Scissors): 21.5 × 8.5 × 1cm (8 7/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
- 3-D (Kit): 24.5 × 6.5 × 3cm (9 5/8 × 2 9/16 × 1 3/16 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_A19670190000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94ee077db-62b7-40e4-be57-a6cb71bb87f1
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