Tube Food for Yuri Gagarin 1961

Description

Space travel. Tube food for Yuri Gagarin, photo; Licensed item; Original: 5740×4315; Photographer: Unknown; licensed; Rights: © Bleek/zb Media. The photo shows the tube food for Yuri Gagarin, which was used during his historic space flight with Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
Description of the food tubes:
The tubes resemble modern toothpaste tubes and were specially designed for consumption in weightlessness.
They contained pureed foods such as meat paste, chocolate cream, or concentrated fruit juice.
Each tube had a metal cap with a small opening from which Gagarin could squeeze the food directly into his mouth.
Significance of the tube food:
It was the first test to determine whether humans could eat and digest in space.
The experiences from Gagarin’s flight influenced the further development of space food, which was later optimized in a more solid form and with special packaging.
The photo documents an important innovation of early space travel that laid the foundation for the nutrition of astronauts on later missions.