Space Food, Date Fruitcake, Apollo 10 (Red)
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This package contains four pieces of dehydrated date fruitcake, which was freeze-dried for ease of packaging and storage during flight. It was flown on the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969. Since it was not used, it returned to Earth and was transferred to the National Air and Space Museum.
- Most space food was easily reconstituted by the astronaut with a water probe which dispensed one half ounce of hot or cold water as required, each time the trigger button was pressed. These cubes did not require rehydration and could be eaten straight from the package.
- Transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1986.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA
- Inventory Number
- A19940136000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply Polyethelyne laminate bag
- Contents: Compressed fruitcake cubes
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 11 x 8.5cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/8 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_A19940136000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a7152323-8682-44c0-bbc3-e0b297ce5385
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