Space Food, Strawberry Cubes, Apollo 11 (Red)
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This spacefood package contains compressed strawberry cubes and was flown on the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. As it was not consumed during the mission and was returned to Earth.
- This was a snack food which 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 from NASA to the Museum in 1971.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center
- Inventory Number
- A19940141000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply Polyethelyne laminate bag
- Contents: Compressed strawberry cubes
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 9.5 × 8.5 × 1.3cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 1/2 in., 0.1lb.)
- 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_A19940141000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f9d157ee-6684-46e2-acd1-085540720b7f
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