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What do astronauts eat on multi-year missions?
Astronauts must use dry and pre-packaged food to maintain operations. These meals are carefully planned to provide nutrients.
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Unique idea wins NASA space food contest
3D printed steaks, insect proteins, mushrooms are some of the unique ideas among the winners of NASA's space food competition.
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What do astronauts eat out of space?
Most foods when deposited into space will be dried, then undergo a process called re-hydration rehydration.
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10 interesting facts about astronauts' food
Referring to the space science industry, many people will immediately think of the increasingly modern space ships, new satellites or famous astronauts ... but few are i…
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You will be surprised to know what astronauts eat every day
The meals of cosmonauts turned out to be quite decent and fuller than we thought.
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Culinary issues for astronauts
The food of the astronauts is the food that they carry throughout the journey on the universe. Most of these foods are packed in plastic bags, in tubes or in boxes.
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Scientists love to plant trees on Mars
NASA has made many bold plans for the Mars program with the addition of self-propelled ships to the Martian surface by 2020 and will send manned spacecraft by 2030.
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Reveal human food to Mars
A group of American experts spent four months living in a small dome-shaped hut on a bare lava field in Hawaii trying to find out what kind of food is suitable for astro…
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See astronauts prepare food on the universe
The preparation of food on the International Space Station (ISS) is very different from that on Earth because of its weightless environment. Even some foods, including s…