Space Food, Orange Drink, Apollo (Blue)
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This package contains dehydrated organge drink prepared for the Apollo program, but was never used on a mission.
- Each Apollo crew member was provided with three meals per day which provided approximately 2,800 calories per day. The food was freeze-dried and 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.
- 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 in 1999.
- Credit Line
- Found In Collection. Donor Unknown at this Time.
- Inventory Number
- A19990246000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply Polyethelyne laminate bag
- Valve: Plastic
- Contents: Dehydrated orange juice, 8-quinolinol sulfate tablet
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 34.3 x 7.6 x 1.3cm (13 1/2 x 3 x 1/2 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_A19990246000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ff0b16c1-b148-4ada-8aac-1119507150c6
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