Space Food, Malted Milk Tablets, Mercury, Friendship 7
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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.
Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
Manufacturer
Louis Jokay Dimensions
3-D: 12.7 x 2.5cm (5 x 1 in.) Materials
Metal, velcro, malted milk tablets Inventory Number
A19670207000
Credit Line
Transferred from NASA
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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