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Topic: Continental Can's 'Apollo 11 Lunar Food Pack'
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rgarner
Member Posts: 1486
From: London, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-17-2016 05:02 PM
   
So I'm sitting here watching Pawn Stars and a guy walks in with several silver foil packets from Continental Can Co. (633 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017) — Series 6 Episode 23.Each foil packet has a large printing stating: "The Apollo 11 Lunar Food Pack." It looks promotional to me, but felt it necessary to point this out as I know a fair few people here are researching Apollo food. There is a sticker on one, the others are blank: TURKEY AND GRAVY
DATE: 6-5-69
LOT NO: RD-1653
PN: Feb 39104127-306
US ARMY NATICK LABS I have read up on Apollo food myself but have never come across anything like this in my reading. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 893
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 03-17-2016 06:32 PM
I can't speak to the authenticity of the Apollo food packet, but I have an "exact reproduction" of the food tube used by John Glenn on his MA-6 flight. The reproduction tube was issued by the American Can Company and was obviously a promotional piece. It also states "Refrigerate after opening". |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54024
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-17-2016 07:06 PM
A 2015 interview with Joseph Brostek sheds some light: In 1969 I worked for Continental Can Co. which made food pouches that let astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin eat real food during the Apollo 11 moon landing. (Before that, they had to eat "mush.") When I learned our product was going to the moon, I created a plan with a letter from Continental's CEO inserted in a pouch using stamps from the Apollo 8 mission that had circled the moon. I had them postmarked in Apollo, PA on the day the men were on the moon. Mailed to 500 leaders around the country, they became instant collectors' items. Separately, here's a photo of one of the food packs, as sold by Heritage: |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2486
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 03-24-2016 09:26 AM
There is a turkey and gravy meal listed as a wet pack for Armstrong on day 3 of the Apollo 11 flight. His full meal schedule can be found within the pages of the Apollo 11 Press Pack. |
spacehiker
Member Posts: 538
From: London, UK
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 03-02-2019 01:38 AM
I managed to pick one of these up on eBay recently. 
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