Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer

This survival kit is from a set of Skylab crew equipment that NASA transferred to the Museum in 1976. It contains 48 items, including sunglasses, fish hooks, pocket knife, beacon radio, light, and drinking water. Another survival kit contained a life raft. In 1973-1974 when Skylab was in operation, astronauts traveled to and from this space station in Apollo spacecraft that splashed down in the ocean upon return. Survival kits were stowed onboard in case the three-man crew landed off course and had to await rescue. Fortunately, that never happened.

Transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1976.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type EQUIPMENT-Survival Manufacturer General Electric Co.
 Dimensions 3-D (Pack of 4, cord extended): 47 x 5.7 x 4.4cm (18 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
3-D (Singular block): 10.2 x 4.4 x 1cm (4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
 Materials Paper
Synthetic Fabric
Adhesive
Unknown Chemical
Coating
 Inventory Number A19770166012 Credit Line Transferred from NASA Johnson Space Center Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
For more information, visit the Smithsonians Terms of Use.