“We rank them from 1 to 9, with 9 being ‘I could eat this for every meal for the rest of my life,’ and 0 being ‘this makes me gag.’ We do that in Houston for all the NASA food and in Russia for all the Russian food, and limited tastings for all the food that comes from the other partners.” “So, some days when it is lunch time, our dieticians and food preparation kitchen have us over for a food tasting, and we try a mouthful of about thirty different things for lunch one day,” Hadfield said. Each of the other space agencies provide supplemental food, or special items, too. The primary food on the ISS is supplied by NASA and the Russian Space Agency. Tastes better than it looks,” Hadfield Tweeted. “But on a long-duration mission in space, you can’t just order a pizza or go out for a burger or Baskin Robbins.” “On Earth, we take for granted that if nothing in your fridge appeals to you, you just go out,” Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield told Universe Today. That’s just one of the reasons why the space agencies involved with the International Space Station put a lot of work into creating a variety of foods for the astronauts and cosmonauts that are on long duration missions in space. Photo credit: NASAįood is important for everyone, for reasons beyond dietary and health issues, as sometimes just the right meal can make (or break) your day. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (right)and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
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