How Do Astronauts Eat and Drink in Space?

Published 2021-09-28
Hello there, curious explorers! Today's topic is an amusing one: Eating and drinking in space. What does an astronaut eat in a day? How do they actually prepare and eat food in microgravity, while food is floating around?

If you've ever wondered these questions and couldn’t find the answer to what an astronaut's diet looks like, you’ve arrived at the correct place.

As you might imagine, astronauts don’t always get to eat fresh-out-the-oven kind of food, instead, they usually get their food in the form of a paste, straight from little pouches or tubes. On the other hand, there are exceptional meals if you prefer pizza for dinner.

“Do they use an oven?” you might also ask, and the answer is yes. One might not be satisfied eating cold food every meal.

If you'd like to know more about the way astronauts eat and how they survive that way, make sure to watch the video above!

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All Comments (21)
  • @theverbalremedy
    Is anyone else wondering how it comes out the other end. Floaters?
  • @pate7179
    Imagine floating into cloud of citrus and burning your eyes off 😂
  • Looks like a lot of fun. Does our digestive system depend on any form of Gravity? or Digestion is the case in space.
  • @vinitabisht4580
    the water looks like a nano tape ball !!!!:face-purple-wide-eyes::cat-orange-whistling::face-blue-wide-eyes:
  • @dalebenton3354
    looks a bit of a Space Cafe,I also be eating and drinking upside down as well,Also be sitting side ways as well,Imagine how much fun to have in Space
  • @etiennemacq
    I design satellites cooling systems with fluids. To counter 0g effects we make special mechanical structures to concentrate liquid into one point. Without this part, the system dries and it doesn't work.
  • @hamdansyman
    So funny to see them eating like that ....🤣🤣🤣
  • Já vi isso aí em filme, Hollywood Triste é saber como as pessoas ainda acreditam nesse teatro 😢
  • @kiwiguy4706
    Watching videos of these guys "playing" with their food & after all these years It's only just occurred to me that dinner plates, cups & knives & forks would be quite useless out there 🤭
  • @bblunder
    I never thought about that but in the space, the direction you eat really doesn't matter. Your mate can eat while sitting and you can eat upside down while looking into its eyes, normally, without any troubles
  • @yorickmain5672
    This wakes the interest in me to become an astronaut too.
  • @dhayalan86
    I would lose it after 4 hours of floating. Get me back to gravity 😂
  • @mainiotaainetta
    They look so bloated, as if they have been drinking alcohol or hanging upside down. 😁