Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Gillette Co.
- Summary
- This shaving equipment was carried aboard the Apollo 11 mission by astronaut Michael Collins as part of his personal preference kit. Both pieces were readily available in drugstores.
- The Personal Preference Kit was so named because all astronauts were permitted one small bag for personal or small items of significance they wished to carry into space.
- Donated to the National Air and Space Museum by Michael Collins in 1985
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA - Johnson Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A19980010001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Hygiene & Waste Management
- Materials
- Plastics
- Non-Magnetic White Metal
- Copper Alloy
- Ferrous Alloy
- Paint
- Tube: Soft metal with plastic cap
- Contents: "Old Spice" shaving cream
- Razor: Plastic with metal blades
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Razor, Overall): 11.7 × 4.8 × 7cm (4 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- 3-D (Shaving Cream, Overall): 15.9 × 6.3 × 3.2cm (6 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
- 3-D (Stand, Overall): 19 × 1.3 × 8.3cm (7 1/2 × 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
- 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
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19980010001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90aafba30-4f6d-43b4-be00-4b188d9547fc
