Astronauts live in space, how to eat

Put food in a container like a toothpaste. Squeeze it out and eat it... If you eat like the earth. Things are flying everywhere.

Place the food in a fixed airtight package and use the pressure generated by your hands to put the food in your mouth!

How astronauts eat during space flight activities is a big test for them. In weightlessness, a cup full of water is the same when placed downwards and upwards, the water in the cup does not float or spill out on its own, and if it is placed on a table, the cup will fly up along with the water. Therefore, the original habits of eating and drinking water on the ground of astronauts are completely inapplicable in space.

Generally speaking, all kinds of food, parts, utensils, etc. are fixed. After the astronauts take the food out of the pantry, they cut a small hole in the plastic film bag containing the food, put a fork and chopsticks into their pockets and put them in their mouths. In order to prevent food crumbs from flying everywhere and affecting the normal operation of astronauts or equipment, such food is often packaged in small packages to make "bite" food in the shape of squares, rectangles or small balls similar to the size of the mouth, and do not need to be cut when eating.

If astronauts want to drink water, when eating soup, soup, juice, and jam, they can squeeze it directly into their mouths from a plastic bag or a toothpaste-like soft aluminum tube.

With the development of rocket technology, astronauts can bring more food from the ground. For example, wet or semi-wet food with juicy turkey, beef, etc., their moisture content is the same as that of normal food eaten on the ground. Astronauts can now use microwave heaters to bake food in the capsule.

This microwave heater is different from the heater used on the ground. It has some specially made recessed compartments on it. In order to prevent the food from floating when heated, the food that needs to be heated must be fixed in these small compartments, and when plugged in, the food can be heated to a palatable level in a short time.

With it, astronauts can taste hot and fragrant braised beef, scrambled eggs, pork chops and other foods, which taste not much different from those on the ground.

How do astronauts eat in space?

Hello, the Chinese space station has prepared more than 120 kinds of space food for the three astronauts, such as japonica rice porridge, coconut bread, fried rice, fried noodles and other staple foods, as well as various dishes, such as fish-flavored shredded pork and kung pao chicken, as well as eight treasure rice, curry rice, assorted fried rice, freeze-dried ice cream, abalone, saltwater shrimp, shrimp, braised beef, roast bran, barbecued pork and so on.

Eating is the same as normal, except that the food is floating.

It's like squeezing toothpaste... But inside is compressed organic energy...