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When you're living in low Earth orbit for months at a time, your diet can be a little limited. Though we're studying how to grow chili peppers and other veggies on the ISS as we prepare for long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, almost all of our astronauts' food currently has to blast off from Earth in jam-packed spacecraft, and it has to be shelf-stable and mess-free.
That doesn't mean it has to be *boring*, though. Our orbiting crew chows down on meals from around the world, special space pizzas made with tortillas instead of pizza dough, and finger foods like the ones in this photo.
One tray features shrimp cocktail on whole grain wheat crackers, while the other holds sushi made with seaweed, spam, tuna, and rice. The shrimp and crackers are held in place by condiments, while the sushi stays put thanks to surface tension from its moisture.
Image description: Aboard the International Space Station, two large, metallic trays each conta...
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