What Can Astronauts Eat In Space?

What Can Astronauts Eat In Space?

What do astronauts EAT in space? Well, sometimes PIZZA. And chocolate cake! But also… liquid salt?

Most of the food on the International Space Station is either heat processed and ready to eat Or freeze-dried and just needs water. The lack of gravity makes assembling and eating food a bit harderโ€ฆ

It also means thereโ€™s certain foods they simply canโ€™t bring! Any loose crumbs could float into equipment and damage it, so salt and pepper come in liquid form, and to avoid bread crumbs, they eat a lot of tortillas! Zero gravity also makes food behave weirdly…

As more people go to space, and for longer, weโ€™ll need to find ways to effectively grow enough food with limited resources.

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50 Comments

  1. @XboxPlayStation-c2u on December 10, 2024 at 8:03 pm

    They eat your mom!!!!

  2. @IAmKibbi on December 10, 2024 at 8:03 pm

    i dont know if anyone else heard it but like the astronaught had whjat i thought was zombies music that scared me

  3. @EvanVilux on December 10, 2024 at 8:04 pm

    with 0 gravity, it seems almost impossible to grow food there, so they need to make artificial gravity sooner than ever

  4. @ScientificZoom on December 10, 2024 at 8:05 pm

    are there any health issues causing damges, when eaten up at zero gravity?

  5. @gromcom on December 10, 2024 at 8:08 pm

    Careful, they’re ruffled

  6. @jenaywilliams on December 10, 2024 at 8:13 pm

    When they go to the bathroom, does their excrement… float?

  7. @Oldeb9xh on December 10, 2024 at 8:14 pm

    Geotropism in space gonna be confusing ๐Ÿ˜‚

  8. @JohnJude-dp6ed on December 10, 2024 at 8:14 pm

    I’ve mastered the Tomato and peppers plants

  9. @BlueFireStudiosOfficial on December 10, 2024 at 8:15 pm

    Please pause after completing one sentence.

  10. @Efthee on December 10, 2024 at 8:16 pm

    I like your jacket/shirt thing. What is it called? Thx

  11. @ChinmayBajantri on December 10, 2024 at 8:18 pm

    She looks like Anne Hathaway

  12. @abhilashp6304 on December 10, 2024 at 8:19 pm

    Not feasible to have salt and paper but we are talking about soil possibilities to grow. Science is awesome if we think there might be alternatives to soil to grow

  13. @ุฒู†ูƒูŠ on December 10, 2024 at 8:19 pm

    Red meat is the only food they need.

  14. @No_moral_to_the_story on December 10, 2024 at 8:20 pm

    I’ve spent too much time on social media today. When asked what astronauts eat, my first thought was "the rich"
    For context: healthcare CEO got got recently

  15. @12xenn45 on December 10, 2024 at 8:22 pm

    Or they could just have one module for eating where there are minimal and shielded electronics so they don’t have to worry about food particles sabotaging something important

  16. @nou5985 on December 10, 2024 at 8:22 pm

    I really like your coat, it looks amazing on you! Do you know where i can find one for myself?

  17. @nicholasgaulin1085 on December 10, 2024 at 8:26 pm

    Beauty and brains

  18. @MoreyFrenken on December 10, 2024 at 8:26 pm

    I absolutely love that voice๐Ÿ˜Šโค

  19. @QuinnCsVideos on December 10, 2024 at 8:28 pm

    I will never get myself over how goofy astronauts look because all of their body is at the same pressure

  20. @EtneoMappingAnimation on December 10, 2024 at 8:29 pm

    Samantha Cristoforetti โค

  21. @surafelfitsumsew8809 on December 10, 2024 at 8:30 pm

    How do u swallow if there is no grav

  22. @NoahSanchez-jd3tb on December 10, 2024 at 8:32 pm

    in the movies they can turn on/off gravity could we do that?

  23. @CyFr on December 10, 2024 at 8:32 pm

    Mmmm maple cookies

  24. @alexschubert on December 10, 2024 at 8:32 pm

    Do a video on HACCP โค love the videos

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    ๐Ÿ˜Š

  26. @AramatiPaz on December 10, 2024 at 8:33 pm

    This remembers me that Space Force episode where they argue why spend that much money to send a orange to space. Very touching.

  27. @BitchyBubblez on December 10, 2024 at 8:37 pm

    I would bring my moms deer meatloaf. It stays together completely, easy to reheat, packed full of protein and other nutrients cause she blends up veggies and mixes it into the meat before cooking.

  28. @vincmahara10101 on December 10, 2024 at 8:38 pm

    ๐Ÿง

  29. @appliedfacts on December 10, 2024 at 8:38 pm

    A spinning space station would solve SO MANY problems.
    So why not?

  30. @Anonymous-jo2te on December 10, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    I saw roti there

  31. @someguy-h3t on December 10, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    imagine a whole family having a breakfast while floating around

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  33. @pranavasai4655 on December 10, 2024 at 8:41 pm

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  34. @rewthedude on December 10, 2024 at 8:42 pm

    Of course I wanna learn more! Your channel is inspiring

  35. @TonyTylerDraws on December 10, 2024 at 8:44 pm

    I kinda want salt and pepper as a liquid sometimes

  36. @cuttlefish6439 on December 10, 2024 at 8:44 pm

    what if we grew mushrooms insted of plants

  37. @iainburgess8577 on December 10, 2024 at 8:45 pm

    Hmm….so, the food containers…
    Astronauts need a condiment centrifuge?

  38. @Eggly69 on December 10, 2024 at 8:46 pm

    Have they tried to farm in Zero G yet? Thatd be interesting to see how zero G effects long term crops

  39. @B00s3 on December 10, 2024 at 8:46 pm

    Rocking an X-Men top! I love it!

  40. @feishien on December 10, 2024 at 8:46 pm

    hope we get a full video on space cuisine in the future! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

  41. @AveGuy1 on December 10, 2024 at 8:48 pm

    How can you grow food? Food doesn’t grow like magic? You can bring up 5 lbs of soil to grow food, or you can just bring up 5 lbs of food itself. Doesn’t make sense.

  42. @stannnyysheikh360 on December 10, 2024 at 8:50 pm

    You look exactly like Penny Barber ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

  43. @Divert486 on December 10, 2024 at 8:51 pm

    With scientists managing to embed chlorophyll into animal cells, its a matter of time until we have solar powered chickens up there.

  44. @tb4546 on December 10, 2024 at 8:51 pm

    I would love to see you talk more about this!! I worked on the Green Gate/Kennedy project with Dr. Massa when it was first starting!

  45. @mateobatur on December 10, 2024 at 8:52 pm

    37.173 like

  46. @kevinmorgan2818 on December 10, 2024 at 8:53 pm

    The food with the air bubble has faces in it which resemble things in a selenite crystals cave, the Naica cave in Chihuahua, Mexico.

  47. @non-ofyo-business3399 on December 10, 2024 at 8:53 pm

    This is just so crazy to think about. Gravity can sometimes be a bitch but imagine having everything floating. Thatโ€™d be so much worse.

  48. @timbinley4710 on December 10, 2024 at 8:54 pm

    Amazing energy and she is always very excited about advances in science and things that actually matter. Wish there were more women who cared about these things that looked and acted like you.!! ๐Ÿ˜Š

  49. @slowsloth3809 on December 10, 2024 at 8:57 pm

    Wait.. Know more what…?

    Where’s my optimistic science woman? ๐Ÿ™

  50. @Appleman1 on December 10, 2024 at 8:58 pm

    She got that dreams face reveal angle ๐Ÿ˜‚

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