Space Food, Beef and Vegetables, Mercury, Friendship 7

Uncapped white tube with yellowed label "Beef and vegetables"

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Object Details

Astronaut

John H. Glenn, Jr.

Manufacturer

Unknown

Summary

This spacefood package contains pureed beef with vegetables and was issued to John Glenn for consumption during his Friendship 7 flight in February 1962.

Spacefood for the Mercury missions was placed in tube form to enable the astronaut to squeeze it directly into his mouth. In the later Gemini and Apollo missions, food was dehydrated requiring rehydration with hot water and could be eaten directly from the plastic storage bag.

Transferred to the national Air and Space Museum from NASA in 1967.

Credit Line

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number

A19670206000

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories

Materials

Tube: Lead

Contents: Beef stew paste

Dimensions

3-D: 16.5 × 6 × 4.3cm (6 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 1 11/16 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv952c02913-41ad-4e8c-a4b0-b157c901c5c4

Record ID

nasm_A19670206000