Space Food, Tuna Salad, Apollo 11 (White)
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Summary
- This spacefood package contains dehydrated tuna salad flown on the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. It 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. 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.
- Transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1986.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19860474000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Exterior: 4-ply, Polyethelyne laminate bag, paper
- Valve: Plastic, rubber
- Contents: Dehydrated tuna salad, 8-quinolinol sulfate tablet
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 30.5 × 8.9 × 3.2cm, 0.1kg (1 ft. × 3 1/2 in. × 1 1/4 in., 0.1lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Destination Moon
- Title
- Space Food, Tuna Salad, Apollo 11 (White)
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19860474000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e8ed09b5-da80-4dd0-90ed-735a7863a457
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