Space Food, Green Beans and Broccoli, STS-27
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Object Details
- Summary
- This serving of vegetables is typical of Shuttle-era menu choices. Before each mission, the astronauts select their meals from a list of hundreds of food items. As there is no onboard refrigerator or freezer, most foods are processed for storage at room temperature. Single servings are packaged in disposable plastic containers, pop-top cans, or foil pouches, and foods are eaten directly from these containers. Dehydrated food items like this have a circular port in one corner for adding water to make the food edible. This item was returned from the STS-27 Space Shuttle mission (Atlantis) in 1988.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19890409000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Polyethylene, preserved organic material, plastic, velcro, paper
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 10.2 x 10.2 x 5.1cm (4 x 4 x 2 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_A19890409000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv965fb6a41-404a-4bb3-977f-3c61358bac07
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