Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This spacefood package contains dehydrated cream-style corn from the Apollo era. It would have required the addition of hot water prior to consumption. Food for spaceflight had to be nutritious, lightweight and have the ability to be compressed when possible. For the early missions, it also had to be stored without refrigeration and have the ability to be eaten under weightless conditions.
- 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
- A19990242000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply Polyethelyne laminate bag
- Valve: Plastic
- Contents: Dehydrated corn, 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_A19990242000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv939e9ff57-2c35-4ac6-a9a9-efe360d37093
