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Space food is currently produced using special technologies at Biryulevo Experimental Plant in Moscow. 90% of most food consists of water and, once removed, the volume and weight decreases,...
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Lay’s chips arrived in Russia during the mid-1990s and since...
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In 1970 two soviet cosmonauts (Vitaly Sevastyanov and...
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Aug 14, 2020 · The U.S. and Russia each provide their half of the food destined for ISS and the two partners share some food with each other. Before their missions to ISS, crewmembers sample the American food at JSC’s food lab and repeat the process with Russian food in Moscow.
The Russian space program has about 100 different food items – with some definite cultural differences. In the U.S., we might eat eggs and bacon for breakfast, whereas the Russians traditionally like fish products for breakfast, such as pickled or spiced perch.
Mar 17, 2020 · March 2, 2015 – A food scientist with the JSC Space Food Systems Laboratory cooks with fresh vegetables. Testing space food. ISS crew members taste or sample food items and rate them based upon how well they like them. Then while training in Russia, they repeat the procedure for the Russian food items.
Nov 18, 2018 · November 18, 2018. Quite logically, being the first to send a man to space, the Soviet Union invented space food. During his historic flight in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin ate from toothpaste-style tubes containing servings of puréed meat or chocolate sauce, for example.
Apr 13, 2015 · Tatyana Shramchenko. RIR. Follow Russia Beyond on Pinterest. Individuals working in space require specially-produced and packaged food that provides them with a balanced and nutritional diet...
Many foods from the Russian space program are packaged in cans and tins. These are heated through electro-resistive (ohmic) methods, opened with a can-opener, and the food inside consumed directly. Russian soups are hydrated and consumed directly from their packages. NASA space foods are packaged in retort pouches or employ freeze drying.
