If you don’t like airline food, you’ll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space for the food.

— Chris Hadfield

Have you every wondered how it’s like to eat in space? Moreover, what type of foods you would eat in space? If so you came to the right spot. Surprising Astronauts eat pretty much similar to as eating on earth. According to How Stuff Works , due to being in an area of low gravity anything would literally float away from your hand if not held properly.

However, this isn’t much of a problem with astronauts because they eat foods and drink drinks that are packaged in dehydrated powders. All they have to do is add water. As stated earlier, astronauts eat similar as they would on earth, so that means three meals a day. According to How Stuff Works, they store their food in locker trays so the food wont fly away from them in a sense.

Within the shuttle they have a rehydration stations in which they hydrate the dehydrated foods an that station has both cold and hot water for those wondering. Every space shuttle has enough food for the astronauts up until their mission is complete. Another thing to take away is that when in space, the aromas of the foods that the astronauts eat, tend to not be there so it wouldn’t be much enjoyable to eat because without smell there really isn’t much taste.

So just like on earth, they have condiments such as salt, pepper, sugar and ketchup to give their meals a little flavor. However, the salt and pepper have to be converted to liquids so hey won’t fly away like anything else and that is because they are particles. Astronauts can eat anything in space, as long as it’s dehydrated. That’s a little about astronauts and how they eat in space.

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