Object Details
- Summary
- This is a package of candied fruit that has been packaged for spacflight on board a Soviet spacecraft. The fruit is divided into small, bite-sized pieces and contained in a plastic envelope. A cosmonaut would be able to break off small bits without shedding crumbs into the spacecraft.
- As is true for all food manufactured for spaceflight, spacefood must be nutritious, lightweight, and easily stored. As astronauts and cosmonauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, the food must also be appealing.
- This particular piece of space food was never flown in space and was donated to the museum by an American who obtained the food while on a visit to the USSR.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Paula Campbell, San Antonio, TX
- Inventory Number
- A19720644000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Plastic
- Food (Candied Fruit Pieces)
- Paper
- Ink
- Adhesive Tape
- Velcro
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 17.8 × 6.7 × 1.6cm (7 × 2 5/8 × 5/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19720644000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96d3102b0-5156-430a-a12f-8c87e20730fe
