Space Food, Tuna Salad, Apollo (Blue)
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This spacefood package contains dehydrated tuna salad from the Apollo era, but was not used on a mission. It would have required the addition of cold water prior to consumption. Food for spaceflight must be nutritious, lightweight and have the ability to be compressed when possible.
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Found In Collection. Donor Unknown at this Time.
- Inventory Number
- A19990244000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply Polyethelyne laminate bag
- Valve: Plastic
- Contents: Dehydrated, compressed tuna salad, 8-quinolinol sulfate tablet
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 30.5 x 7.6 x 2.5cm (12 x 3 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_A19990244000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98e0b7408-0835-4d26-a25c-1a2d98726c10
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