Food for U.S. Manned Space Flight

Abstract : The food systems which have supported the U.S. manned space flight programs have provided safe, nutritious, acceptable, and convenient food, compatible with the mission, The food systems which supported the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Flights and the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Missions are briefly described. Also, the engineering operational and biological constraints which were imposed in these food systems by the space vehicle and environment are discussed.