What do astronauts eat in space?

The Shenzhou XI spacecraft was successfully launched in June+10/October, 65438+July, and then two astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, will enter Tiangong-2 to perform the longest space stay mission performed by China astronauts so far. During the 33-day space trip, how the two astronauts eat and drink is also a very rigorous science. Then the question is, are the only foods that astronauts can eat really those bad capsules? When it comes to astronaut's food, many people think of "disgusting food squeezed out of a container like a toothpaste tube". In fact, there are all kinds of delicious food in the space restaurant, and there are many things you can't imagine …

1. Chocolate beans

Chocolate beans are only soluble in the mouth but not in the hands, which is very suitable for space flight. In order to avoid doubts in advertisements, NASA called them "ice chocolates". American astronauts once revealed in a recording of the Mir space station that the best thing in space is to eat a few chocolate beans.

2. orange juice

In the Gemini project in the 1960s, an orange juice powder drink became famous at one fell swoop, and it is still drunk on many space shuttles and international space stations. This product is specially provided by Kraft for NASA, and there are many flavors to choose from.

3. Coke

In "American Space Story", Coca-Cola once fought with Pepsi to send Coca-Cola into space smoothly. The experiment was conducted on 1985. The experiment failed because there was no refrigeration equipment on the spacecraft. But Pepsi-Cola floating in space has brought great pleasure to astronauts. Later, Coca-Cola flew again, but it didn't float. It was put into a pressure tank.

4. Space Sandwich

This kind of space sandwich is a sandwich biscuit with jam or cheese, similar to Oreo's sandwich biscuit. It is said that astronauts of the Canadian Space Agency have a soft spot for this kind of food.

5. spaghetti soup

In 2005, Japanese astronauts took the liberty of eating instant noodles in space for the first time in STS- 1 14 mission. For the convenience of eating, this food company made Lamian Noodles into the shape of spaghetti, including dolls, Japanese bean paste, curry powder and pork bone soup, which brought the delicacy to the sky.

6. Chicken tail shrimp

Chicken tail shrimp is usually an appetizer in people's daily diet, but for many astronauts, freeze-dried chicken tail shrimp is one of the essential space foods. Why? The main reason is that the gravity of space shrimp is very low. Food will not flow to astronauts' feet, astronauts will not be congested after eating, and will not reduce the taste of other foods. Spicy food such as prawns can better satisfy astronauts.

7. Super Chinese food

During the Shenzhou-9 mission, China astronauts bid farewell to compressed biscuits and cold cuts. Shenjiu specially prepared more than 70 kinds of Chinese dishes with different flavors for astronauts. The staple food is assorted fried rice, with dried apricots, abalone mushrooms, shredded pork with kimchi, pickled mustard tuber and other ingredients. In terms of drinks, you can also choose milk tea and lemon tea, and the patterns you eat in space every day are also changing. Shenjiu is also equipped with a microwave oven. It's interesting to think of a "ding" in space.

Shenzhou 10 astronaut Wang Yaping eats zongzi in space. In the 33-day mission to Shen Xi, there are more kinds of astronaut food than the previous Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou 10!

In the autonomous flight of Shenzhou XI, astronauts may have a bad appetite, so they will be equipped with light food, such as porridge. After entering the "Tiangong-2", astronauts can enjoy the same three meals a day as at home. Their meal time is synchronized with the ground, including six categories of products, such as staple food, non-staple food, instant food, beverage, condiment and functional food, as well as traditional dishes such as sauce beef and fish-flavored shredded pork. The recipe will not be repeated within 5 days.

So, in fact, movies are deceptive. They eat much better in space than you do …