What food was smuggled into space?

corned beef sandwich
Fifty years ago, on March 23, 1965, a hefty corned beef sandwich achieved uncharacteristic weightlessness after it was smuggled into space aboard NASA’s Gemini 3 in the spacesuit pocket of astronaut John Young.

Can you bring a sandwich to space?

“It was very common to carry sandwiches — in fact, the corned beef was the third sandwich that had been carried on a spacecraft.” Corned beef did appear on the menu of the first space shuttle mission in April 1981 — which Young happened to command.

How did a corned beef sandwich almost derail the space program?

Wally Schirra gave the sandwich to Young, who stowed it away in a pocket in his spacesuit. Grissom took a bite, but the sandwich was not holding its integrity in zero gravity. The astronauts opted to put the sandwich away. Young admitted that maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to bring the sandwich into low earth orbit.

Who smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space?

Astronaut John Young
Astronaut John Young (1930-2008) hid the sandwich into his suit and shared a bite with his colleague, Gus Grissom (1926-1967), while orbiting the Earth. They soon realized the bread crumbs were floating around and packed the sandwich. “The sandwich was just a two-minute interval. It didn’t even have mustard on it.

How much does it cost to send food to space?

You don’t want to waste food, either: It currently costs about $10,000 to launch one pound of food to the ISS, and the cost for a Mars mission is expected to be much higher. So while food variety is important, so too is the cost of food.

Who ate a sandwich in space?

Astronaut John Young (1930-2008) hid the sandwich into his suit and shared a bite with his colleague, Gus Grissom (1926-1967), while orbiting the Earth. They soon realized the bread crumbs were floating around and packed the sandwich. “The sandwich was just a two-minute interval. It didn’t even have mustard on it.

Why is bread banned in space?

Bread. Crumbs—from bread, crackers, cookies, etc—don’t do well in space. They float around, and can fly into an astronaut’s eyes and interfere with important equipment. That’s why you’ll find tortillas used instead of bread on all crafts traveling out of orbit.

Why is bread banned on the International Space Station?

Breads, crackers, and cookies don’t do well in space because all of those loose crumbs can float around and get stuck in sensitive equipment. In astronauts want bread when after they launch out of orbit, they’re limited to tortillas.