Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This urine transfer assembly was intended to be part of the waste containment system of the Apollo spacecraft but was never used on a mission. Astronauts urinated through a rubberized roll-on cuff attached to the cylindrical metal intake valve. The bag was emptied of urine by connecting a hose from the spacecraft to the opposite end of the metal valve from the roll-on cuff. The system collected urine in a tank, which was routinely vented into space.
- NASA transferred this urine transfer assembly to the Smithsonian in 1976.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19790838000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- rubberized fabric, metal
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 6.35 x 25.4 x 22.86cm (2 1/2in. x 10in. x 9in.)
- 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
- Transfer Assembly, Urine, Apollo 9
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19790838000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv950c9ff0a-3fe9-4f88-92f3-50552c20042c
