# @airandspacemuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DL0qn2SPlDU
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32191524-airandspacemuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3e75f574fe.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-07T22:13:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Air and Space Museum (@airandspacemuseum) — https://gondola.cc/airandspacemuseum

## Caption

A sweet treat a day keeps an astronaut’s tastebuds happy! 🍫 M&Ms are ideal for snacking in space because they’re bite-sized and self-contained—not to mention they're large and colorful, which makes them easy to spot if they float away.
A range of other chocolate confections have flown in space, many of which are in the Museum’s collections:
1️⃣ These M&Ms flew on Space Shuttle Atlantis’s STS-27 mission.
2️⃣ This container has a small injection port for adding hot or cold water to dissolve the powder into a drinkable cup of cocoa.
3️⃣ This aluminum pop-top can of chocolate pudding returned from Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1988.
4️⃣ This vacuum-packed chocolate-covered cookie has a circular port in one corner for adding water to make it edible.
5️⃣ If a vacuum-packed cookie isn’t appealing, there’s a second option: a chocolate chip cookie baked fresh in space.
 
Which one do you want to taste test? #WorldChocolateDay

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