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The Contraband Corned Beef Sandwich That Went to Space

A dramatic tale of a deli sandwich

The Contraband Corned Beef Sandwich That Went to Space

July 24, 2020

An astronaut and a corned beef sandwich go up to space. Chaos ensues. Read more below on the most eventful few bites of sandwich ever taken.

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JOHN YOUNG HAD THE LONGEST CAREER OF ANY ASTRONAUT. Young was the ninth person to walk on the moon. Over his 42 years of active service for NASA, he f

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YOUNG'S FIRST SPACE MISSION WAS THE GEMINI 3. In 1965, Young and Gus Grissom flew the spacecraft they nicknamed Molly Brown, after The Unsinkable Moll — Source:

YOUNG SMUGGLED A CORNEDBEEF SANDWICH ON THE FLIGHT Fellow astronaut Walter Schirra had bought the sandwich at Wolfie's in Cocoa Beach and had given it

C What is it? P Corn beef sandwich. C Where did that come from? P I brought it with me. Let's see how it tastes. Smells, doesn't it? Yes, it's breakin

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THE SANDWICH COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS. Grissom was quick to stop eating the sandwich as the crumbs in microgravity could have caused milli — Source: Smithsonian

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THE SANDWICH CAUSED TROUBLE BACK ON EARTH. When news of the sandwich got to Congress, several members were upset that the official food that was to be — Source: NASA

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WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS...TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF CORNED BEEF SANDWICHES IN FUTURE FLIGHTS. Members of Congress set up an appropriations committee meet — Source: Air and Space

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A REPLICAOF THE SANDWICH IS IN A MUSEUM. This cornec beef sandwich. preservec i resin. memorializes the infaryous sancwich incicent ciuring the Gemnin — Source: AV Club

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FROM SPACE TO CONGRESS, IT WAS SURELY THE MOST DRAMATIC FEW BITES OF CORNED BEEF EVER EATEN. Young died in 2018 at age 87. We hope he can forgive us f

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