Space Food, Malted Milk Tablets, Mercury, Friendship 7
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Louis Jokay
- Summary
- Malted milk tablets, a popular and easily digestable food product, were sent into space with John Glenn on his Friendship 7 Mercury flight on February 20, 1962. In addition to applesauce, Glenn ate some of these tablets to determine the ease with which astronauts could chew and swallow foods in microgravity environments. The experiments were successful and proved most any food could be consumed in space if packaged appropriately.
- NASA transferred these tablets to the Museum with the Friendship 7 spacecraft in 1963.
- 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
- A19670207000
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Materials
- Metal, velcro, malted milk tablets
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 12.7 x 2.5cm (5 x 1 in.)
- Record ID
- nasm_A19670207000
5 x 1in.; black tube with malted milk tablets; closed at bottom; side opening at top for dispensing 1 tablet
