Beam: Cooking in the universe

The food of the astronauts working on the International Space Station ISS is often cooked and packaged so that they can be eaten easily in micro gravity mode. In November 2008, when American astronaut Sandra Magnus joined the ISS crew, she decided to test cooking on board.

Magnus is equipped very little compared to what you have in a regular kitchen. She only has a pocket knife, a plastic bag with zip lock and duct tape to prepare most dishes and prevent them from floating in space.

Of course, Magnus could not use fresh ingredients like vegetables, fruits or eggs. Before that, she worked with experts at the food laboratory and prepared exactly the necessary materials.

Cooking on ISS takes a lot of time. Cooking stages are not easy when things are floating in space. Magnus describes onion processing also takes up to 4 hours. For example, to keep the vegetables cut off from the inside of the chamber, Magnus had to attach a strip of adhesive tape to the table and "stick" everything into it.

The following are pictures of astronauts cooking on the ISS Station: