# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BOMv2VWDlep
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15346142-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-12-19T12:44:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

When astronauts in the Orion spacecraft travel beyond the moon to explore deep space destinations, they’ll need a robust diet to keep them healthy and sharp. Crew members aboard ISS can choose from approximately 200 items for their meals and have the space to stow an array of options.

Orion has limited room inside it to accommodate the supplies and food astronauts will need during their missions. Because flights to deep space will not rely on resupply spacecraft to deliver what astronauts need and dispose of trash, the Orion crew will have to take everything they need with them and bring it all back home. Given the distances Orion will travel, teams also must limit Orion’s mass, since a heavier spacecraft requires more fuel and energy to propel it to its ultimate destination.

To help reduce the amount of supplies Orion will carry for its crew, scientists are developing a variety of food bars (700-900 calories each) that astronauts can eat for breakfast during their spaceflight missions.

While scientists continue to hone the food bars and expand the variety of options available, NASA also is working to develop regenerative ways to feed the crew on longer missions, including on the journey to Mars. The space station vegetable production system is helping to determine how to regularly grow fresh vegetables in space – astronaut Shane Kimbrough recently started the third such investigation aboard the orbital laboratory.  Credit: NASA #NASA #Orion #SLS #Food #Yum #Instafood #Kitchen #Space #Explore #Astronauts #Gourmet #JourneytoMars #JSC #Spaceflight #Launch #Rocket #Diet #Spacecraft #Calories

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gourmet, nasa, space, journeytomars, calories, kitchen, jsc, sls, orion, spaceflight, yum, instafood, rocket, launch, astronauts, food, explore, spacecraft, diet

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