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Fast forward to the Apollo missions, and astronauts were treated to slightly better food, still primarily dehydrated or freeze-dried. When Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969, they consumed a meal of bacon squares, peaches, and beef stew. However, the processes for preparing these meals still relied heavily on clever packaging and rehydration techniques.
As food technology evolved, later missions introduced refrigerated options and even allowed astronauts to enjoy dripless ice cream aboard Skylab in the 1970s. However, the popular astronaut ice cream enjoyed on Earth was never actually sent into space.