Object Details
- Manufacturer
- B. Welson & Co., United States of America
- Summary
- Mission crews often use commercially-available products that are slightly modified for spaceflight. This tissue dispenser contains standard tissues for personal hygiene, but the container is custom-made of fire-retardant material. Almost everything carried aboard a spacecraft is repackaged for stowage and safety in bags or "boxes" made of this Teflon-coated Beta cloth. This tissue dispenser, made in 1971, may have been meant for use aboard Skylab, the U.S. space station where astronauts lived in 1973-74. NASA gave it to the Museum with many other spaceflight items in 1976, after the Apollo and Skylab programs ended.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19770881000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- Teflon-coated Beta cloth, metal snaps, paper tissues
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3 in. tall x 8 in. wide x 5 in. deep (7.62 x 20.32 x 12.7 cm)
- 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_A19770881000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99c8d51f6-6308-4be6-b492-db31a951489b
