Knob, Syringe, Chlorine, Apollo 11
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Object Details
- Summary
- To insure that drinking water during the Apollo missions did not become contaminated with microorganisms, chemical disinfectants were periodically injected into the water supply by the astronauts. A chlorine solution was used for the Command Module. To insert the chlorine astronauts used a specially designed syringe. This item is the knob portion of the syringe system used during the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. NASA transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA/JSC; must be offered back to NASA upon deaccession
- Inventory Number
- A19980057000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Life Support
- Materials
- Non-Magnetic White Metal Alloy (Aluminum Alloy)
- Ferrous Alloy (Steel)
- Teflon
- Ink
- Unknown Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Overall): 5.4 × 7cm (2 1/8 × 2 3/4 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
- Safe Water
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19980057000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98b374442-24e1-4336-81a4-8480641564ba
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