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Topic: Apollo meal tray and space food packages
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spacehiker
Member Posts: 386
From: London, UK
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 12-29-2012 05:38 PM
   
I would be grateful if anyone could shed any light on this Apollo food warmer tray (?) along with what appear to be unflown Apollo era astronaut food. These items are outside my collecting sphere!They were obtained from the estate of an ex-NASA employee from the 1960's/70's. His children indicated they believed this was a prototype food warming tray for the Apollo program. Along with the tray came the following astronaut food: a tin of cream of tomato soup (opened) along with what appears to be the tomato soup itself in a plastic container, an opened and empty tin, an unopened tin of Catsup and a plastic orange drink bottle.  
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streetsnake
Member Posts: 180
From: Ohio
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 12-29-2012 05:52 PM
We'll let the experts weigh in but I would say the warmer tray is Skylab era. I have a "stack canister" that would have been used for the "tuna-cans". Also the OJ piece is nice. I have a lot of food related items from Apollo to shuttle era but I don't have the OJ "squeeze bottle" That would be Skylab and later I believe, but again I am not an expert, just learning as I go. The Apollo era drinks would have been in dehydrated pouches. If interested I can send you a photo of one. Good luck on the research, it is the best part. |
spacehiker
Member Posts: 386
From: London, UK
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 12-30-2012 08:13 AM
Thanks for the input Ben. Does anyone else have any ideas? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-30-2012 08:25 AM
I would agree that the food tray appears to be a prototype Skylab device. The drinks bottles and some cans were used on Apollo; if my memory serves me right I recall seeing cans used on Apollo 11 and the concertina juice drinks circa Apollo 15 onwards but don't quote me on that. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-30-2012 08:49 AM
Does anyone find it odd that the warmer tray has a wood grain (Walnut?) finish? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-30-2012 10:21 AM
Concur... tray is prototype (not the "as flown") configuration. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-30-2012 10:26 AM
For comparison, here is the Skylab food tray:  |
spacehiker
Member Posts: 386
From: London, UK
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 01-02-2013 03:04 PM
Thanks for all the input. |
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