Water Tank, Gemini
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Airesearch Mfg. Co.
- Summary
- This is a tank used in the Gemini capsule to supply drinking water to astronauts. The tank used oxygen as a pressurant. There is no indication that it was ever flown on a mission and it was probably used for testing. Airesearch made this artifact and NASA transferred it to NASM in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19690020000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Landing
- Materials
- Aluminum alloy, ferrous alloy, anodized aluminum, rubber, plastic and
- black paint
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 33 x 22.9cm (13 x 9 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_A19690020000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97ee2bafc-eba9-4634-a517-4e227eceea93
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