Space Food, Cheese Cracker Cubes, Apollo (Blue)
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This spacefood package contains compressed cheese cracker cubes made for the Apollo program, but was not used on a mission. This was a snack food which could be eaten directly from the bag, and was "bite-sized" for ease of consumption, and prevented crumbs from floating around the spacecraft cabin.
- 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 from NASA to the Museum in 1999.
- Credit Line
- Found In Collection. Donor Unknown at this Time. Found on NASM Premises.
- Inventory Number
- A19990247000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply laminate film, Velcro
- Interior: Compressed cheese flavored cracker cubes
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 8.9 x 8.9 x 2.5cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 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_A19990247000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92f3403c3-4cd1-4f47-922b-3a8ad767f789
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