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media:NASM-A19690020000_DSH01

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Object details:

Object Name: Water Tank, Gemini
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19690020000

	Object Name
	Water Tank, Gemini

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97ee2bafc-eba9-4634-a517-4e227eceea93

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Airesearch Mfg. Co.

	Materials
	Aluminum alloy, ferrous alloy, anodized aluminum, rubber, plastic and

	Materials
	black paint

	Dimensions
	3-D: 33 x 22.9cm (13 x 9 in.)

	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.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	Inventory Number
	A19690020000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Landing

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