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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.

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Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Accessories Astronaut Robert L. Crippen
 Dimensions 3-D: 8.3 × 1 × 1cm (3 1/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
 Materials Styptic agent (alum paste?)
 Inventory Number A19820195000 Credit Line Transferred from NASA Johnson Space Center Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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