Space Food, Trail Mix, Shuttle
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Object Details
- Summary
- Nuts, dried fruits, cookies, and candy were typical snack items on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Unlike perishable foods that must be dehydrated or irradiated to avoid spoiling, commercially available snack foods that stay fresh, like this trail mix, were simply repackaged into individual portions in their natural form, without such processing. Astronauts could choose meals and snacks according to their personal tastes, but within nutritional guidelines. Over the years, NASA transferred a variety of spare space food to the Museum, including this and other items when the Shuttle program ended in 2012.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A20120257000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Polyethylene laminate, paper adhesive label, Velcro, food material
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 13.3 x 8.3 x 2.5cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/4 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_A20120257000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e03dcf6b-362d-401f-b00b-e60b5dca4c41
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