Eating In Space
Today astronauts on the space shuttle eat food in much the same way as they do here on earth.
Eating in space. Free floating food eating ensues complete with a tu. 2013 02 18 canadian astronaut chris hadfield shows us his kitchen in space and prepares a 0 g treat. Salt pepper and other granular spices and seasonings can make for a huge mess in microgravity.
Today the menu on the international space station includes more than 100 items. 2019 05 14 csa astronaut david saint jacques takes advantage of microgravity in space to play with honey. In a low gravity environment food and drinks would simply float away if they weren t handled correctly.
Astronauts must throw their packages away when they have finished eating. Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts during missions to outer space. They include frozen vegetables and desserts refrigerated food fruit and dairy products.
In space travel s early years astronauts used straws to suck dehydrated paste like food out of tubes. Russian space explorers known as cosmonauts have a long tradition of consuming limited quantities of alcohol in space but nasa astronauts are barred from having a drink in space. An astronaut can choose from many types of foods such as fruits nuts peanut butter chicken beef seafood candy brownies etc.
Today space foods are similar to those eaten every day on earth. Canadian space agency nasa useful lin. The food has specific requirements of providing balanced nutrition for individuals working in space while being easy and safe to store prepare and consume in the machinery filled weightless environments of crewed spacecraft.
Available drinks include coffee tea orange juice fruit punches and lemonade.