Space Shuttle Personal Hygiene Kit, Styptic Pencil, STS-1, Crippen

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Object Details

Astronaut

Robert L. Crippen

Summary

Each astronaut aboard a spacecraft has a personal hygiene kit with items for cleanliness and grooming during the mission. Contents typically include a comb, hairbrush, toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, soap, shaving supplies, lip balm, skin cream, nail clippers, and deodorant. This styptic pencil, which could be used to stop bleeding from a minor scratch or cut, was in the personal hygiene kit for Robert Crippen, pilot of the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, in April 1981.

Credit Line

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number

A19820195000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Accessories

Materials

Styptic agent (alum paste?)

Dimensions

3-D: 8.3 × 1 × 1cm (3 1/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9acd3293f-32cb-463a-bf9c-54db6e99819b

Record ID

nasm_A19820195000