Filter, Urine, Gemini 8
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Wintec Corp.
- Summary
- The process of waste collection and disposal is complicated in a decreased gravity environment, necessitating equipment such as this urine filter from Gemini 8. Astronauts urinated through a rubber hose-like fitting, which connected to a filter and either collection bag or hose. Inside the metal tube, a filter trapped particulate matter from the urine to prevent clogging the opening of the urine dump nozzle.
- NASA transferred this filter to the Museum in 1968 along with other flown and unflown Gemini program equipment.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
- Inventory Number
- A19680400000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- Aluminum, anodized aluminum, rubber (silicone), ink, paper, adhesive
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.86 x 3.49cm (5 1/16in. x 1 3/8in.)
- 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_A19680400000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b751c2ee-db36-493d-b76b-027c7cb27829
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