Assembly, Urine Hose, Apollo 11
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This urine collection and transfer hose was part of the equipment aboard the Command Module "Columbia", the Apollo 11 mission of July 1969.
- Liquid waste (urine) was collected in a Urine Collection Device, used in common by the crew of an Apollo spacecraft. Roll-on cuffs provided personal sanitary protection for the astronauts using the collection device. The urine was then transferred through the Urine Transfer Tube to a tank, from which the liquid waste was vented into space.
- NASA transferred this hose to the Museum in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA/JSC
- Inventory Number
- A19980053000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- Tube: Plastic, rubber, polyester
- Connectors: Stainless steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3 ft. long x 3/4 in. wide (91.4 x 1.9cm)
- 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_A19980053000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95d8465f7-0ba1-4bab-b7d3-ff519ae68793
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