EARLY SOVIET SPACE STATION SALYUT WATER AND JUICE DRINKER FOR COSMONAUTS

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EARLY SOVIET SPACE STATION SALYUT WATER AND JUICE DRINKER FOR COSMONAUTS
It's offered to your attention the real Soviet space equipment from 1970-s - the cosmonauts drinker made for the first orbital space station Salyut. The device has 2 sockets marked "WATER" and "JUICE" closed by special valves. When cosmonauts connect to this drinker with their personal space flasks - they push the valve what let the liquid (water or juice) go into the flasks. The also also has ON/OFF switch and the indication light.
The drinker has a built-in design to be integrated with the space station interior. It's front cover can be opened. There is a manual rubber pump with a hose attached to it under the cover of the drinker. In addition to the pump, there is a cylindrical adapter for connection to personal cosmonauts flasks with several valves inside the drinker. The design of this drinker has not been fully understood, so the purpose of all its elements is not clear.
The drinker seems to be non-flown in space, otherwise it had to burn in atmosphere. Highly likely, the drinker was made for on-Earth training copy of the space station, so, cosmonauts may had study its functionality prior the flight.
This important part of cosmonauts' life support system should attract a great interest among the space exploration lovers and collectors.
Size - about 5x5.5x16.5 inches
(13x14x41.5 cm).
CONDITION - cosmetically looks used, functionality was not tested.
Made by Russian spacesuits manufacturer NPP "Zvezda".
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