Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This spacefood package from the Apollo era contains dehydrated and compressed beef with vegetables. It required rehydration with hot water and could be eaten directly from the bag. Apollo astronauts were provided with three meals per day which provided approximately 2,800 calories.
- The food was protected with a 4-ply, laminated film coating. This protected the food from loss of flavor, moisture and oxygen invasion, spoiling and excess crumbling, and was used on both the rehydratable and the bite-sized foods. The rehydratable foods also had an 8-quinolinol sulfate tablet attached to reduce spoilage in the used food wraps.
- Transferred to the national Air and Space Museum from NASA
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19860454000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply Polyethelyne laminate bag
- Valve: Plastic
- Contents: Dehydrated, compressed beef with vegetables
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 17 × 18 × 2.5cm (6 11/16 × 7 1/16 × 1 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19860454000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93b5dd873-e711-4762-b6b9-dbffa0c39a43
