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[Apollo 11] MOON FOOD NASA, July 1969
14 – 28 April 2025, 12:00 CEST
Paris, Avenue Hoche€500 - €700
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[Apollo 11] MOON FOOD
NASA, July 1969
Printed 1969.
Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image S-69-31782].
With NASA caption and "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverse, numbered "NASA S-69-31782" in red in the top margin (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas).
20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Historical context
The first meal on another world—Apollo 11's space food innovation.
This close-up photograph captures a package of beef with vegetables, one of the meals carried aboard Apollo 11 and among the first foods consumed by humans on the lunar surface. Designed for easy preparation, the freeze-dried meal required 3 ounces of hot water and 5-10 minutes of rehydration before it could be eaten—offering astronauts a taste of home while venturing farther than any humans before them.
NASA's advancements in space nutrition were crucial for deep-space missions. Apollo-era food packaging needed to be lightweight, compact, and free of crumbs—which could float in microgravity and interfere with spacecraft systems. The innovations developed for these missions laid the foundation for modern astronaut diets, influencing how spacefarers eat aboard the ISS and preparing humanity for future journeys beyond Earth.
Printed 1969.
Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image S-69-31782].
With NASA caption and "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverse, numbered "NASA S-69-31782" in red in the top margin (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas).
20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Historical context
The first meal on another world—Apollo 11's space food innovation.
This close-up photograph captures a package of beef with vegetables, one of the meals carried aboard Apollo 11 and among the first foods consumed by humans on the lunar surface. Designed for easy preparation, the freeze-dried meal required 3 ounces of hot water and 5-10 minutes of rehydration before it could be eaten—offering astronauts a taste of home while venturing farther than any humans before them.
NASA's advancements in space nutrition were crucial for deep-space missions. Apollo-era food packaging needed to be lightweight, compact, and free of crumbs—which could float in microgravity and interfere with spacecraft systems. The innovations developed for these missions laid the foundation for modern astronaut diets, influencing how spacefarers eat aboard the ISS and preparing humanity for future journeys beyond Earth.