There is a scene in the new science fiction film "Spaceman" where Adam Sandler, playing a Czech astronaut, floats by a brown duffle bag attached to one of the walls of his spaceship.
There is nothing particularly notable about the scene and, in the context of the movie, there is nothing special about the bag. It is one of many such items that have come to be expected aboard a spacecraft.
What sets it apart is that the bag is a real piece of space equipment.
"That is a NASA surplus space shuttle suit stowage pouch," said John Fongheiser, president of Historic Space Systems, in an interview with collectSPACE. "I think it was intended for use as on-orbit stowage for a launch and entry suit. It is made of fire-resistant PBI [polybenzimidazole]."
The bag is one of several NASA artifacts that Historic Space Systems loaned to the production team to help dress their spacecraft set.
Related: 'Spaceman' sees Adam Sandler shine as a cosmonaut in crisis in Netflix's somber sci-fi film (review)
