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| | | | | | | Gourmet cooking on the way to Mars
18 October 2004
| Astronauts Gorie and Mohri share a snack, 11 February 2000.
Credits: Courtesy of NASA and JAXA | |  |  | |
| | | | | ESA's Technology Transfer Programme presents technology spin-offs to the food industry as well as recipes for astronauts, at the International Food Fair SIAL in Paris, 17-21 October 2004
Credits: SIAL | | | | |
| | | | Food production for long-duration missions
| Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev appears surrounded by food in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station (ISS), 16 July 2001
Credits: NASA | | | | |
| | | | | Astronauts and cosmonauts from three different crews about to share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS), 15 August 2001.
Scott J. Horowitz opens a can of food as he floats near the ceiling. Others from the left are Susan J. Helms, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Yury V. Usachev, James S. Voss, and Vladimir N. Dezhurov.
Credits: NASA | | | | |
| | | | Space-tech helps food handling on Earth
| Henri Pescarolo enjoys Thermagen's 'space-cooled' Glacé® drink in the Sahara desert during the Dakar Rally January 2003
Credits: Pescarolo Sport / ESA | | | | |
| | | | | Space technology is used in the EASY2COOL cooling box to keep food fresh. Two systems have so far been developed and tested – one maintains food at -26° C for 8 hours, another +4° C for 33 hours - sufficient for transportation of meat and other foodstuffs, frozen or chilled.
Credits: D'Appolonia | | | | |
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