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Packet

Object number2018.27.9 a,b

Datec. 1995

OriginRussia

MediumPlastic; Aluminum foil; Food matter; Paper; Ink; Adhesive; Adhesive tape

Credit LineGift of Jay Apt

DescriptionRussian food packet consisting of exterior aluminum foil pouch and plastic packet containing peach-black currant juice with pulp..DimensionsLength x Width x Depth (a): 9.125 × 4.625 × 0.375 in. (23.2 × 11.7 × 1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b): 13.75 × 4.75 × 0.25 in. (34.9 × 12.1 × 0.6 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
One side has four paper labels:
one white label has printed black text "Peace-Black Currant Juice with Pulp / [barcode] / 1860383020 / [Russian text]";
one tan label has printed black Russian text;
one off-white label has printed red text "512";
one white label has printed black text "05I 95".

Other side has one off-white paper label with printed Russian text and handwritten text in black ink "07.08.99".

(b)
One off-white paper label has red and black text "[Russian text] / 071195".
One white paper label has black printed text "II-95".
Historical NotesRussian dehydrated peach drink packet given to Jay Apt during the STS-79 flight by Mir Cosmonauts Valery Grigoryevich Korzun and Aleksandr ‘Sasha’ Yuriyevich Kaleri. Drink pouches of this type were re-hydrated by injecting water stored aboard the space station.”

Previous owner Dr. Jerome Apt III

Related person Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri

Related person Valery Grigoryevich Korzun

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