Astronaut John Young famously smuggled a corned beef sandwich in his pocket for his Gemini III flight with Gus Grissom on March 23, 1965. Also on board, NASA's first space biology experiment in orbit!
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More about the launch meat #NationalPackYourLunchDay https://go.nasa.gov/3yfZk06
#NASAhistory
Contraband Corned Beef and the Early Days of Space Biology
The Gemini III mission carried two remarkable firsts: an astronaut’s smuggled sandwich and NASA’s first fundamental space biology experiment in orbit.Abigail Tabor (NASA)