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Astronauts

Mystery Snacks on ISS

By Keith Cowing

NASA Watch

March 23, 2007

Editor’s update: I came across this image from the ISS crew tonight. The caption says “Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, takes a snack break near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.”

So … are those three trained banana slugs sitting side by side on that chocolate covered graham cracker (or frosted brownie) – or is it just very precisely applied peanut butter? Or (yuck): cheese from an aerosol can? Or is it some Russian glop from a tube? Help me PAO … I have to know.

Gee, I wonder what Martha Stewart thinks of this – the presentation is a little off. Throw that pastry chef out of the airlock!

Editor’s update: NASA PAO checked with the ISS crew: the substance on top is peanut butter – and the item underneath is a brownie.

World’s Fifth Space Tourist to Take Gourmet Meal to Space

“The menu for the meal, which was prepared by Alain Ducasse’s consulting and training center, ADF, was selected by Dr. Simonyi’s friend Martha Stewart.”

And now for today’s YouTube Video: NASA Edge – Space Food Cook Off (Link below)

“Needs more jelly beans”