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. Made of fiberglass and metal, it has a rubber bladder inside. The tank used oxygen as a pressurant. It is marked "Non-Operating Use Only" and thus was employed solely for testing purposes. Airesearch made this artifact and NASA transferred it to NASM in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19690062000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Fiberglass
- Synthetic Rubber
- Aluminum
- Cadmium Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 33 x 20.3cm (13 x 8 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_A19690062000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv940d6a515-e9d2-4df6-9bc8-c35241d1a40d
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