Space Food, Beef and Vegetables, Mercury, Friendship 7
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.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19670206000
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- 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.)
- Record ID
- nasm_A19670206000
White tube with screw cap end; contains pureed, condensed beef and vegetables; cap missing.
