COLLECTION NAME:
Stennis Space Center Collection
Record
Title:
Seafood Packaging
Creator:
NASA/Stennis Space Center
Subject:
Food preservation
Description:
NASA's Technology Transfer Office at Stennis Space Center worked with a New Orleans seafood packaging company to develop a container to improve the shipping longevity of seafood, primarily frozen and fresh fish, while preserving the taste. A NASA engineer developed metalized heat resistant polybags with thermal foam liners using an enhanced version of the metalized mylar commonly known as "space blanket material," which was produced during the Apollo era.
Date:
1/1/96
Identifier:
96-132-23a
MediaType:
Image
Year:
1996
Where:
Stennis Space Center (SSC)
