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Feeding our future – nutrition on Earth and in space

25 January 2010

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STS-116 mission specialists ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang and NASA's Robert Curbeam on board the International Space Station.

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Insights to food on Earth and in space

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Space recipe 'Spirulina Gnocchis': This dish has been created in the traditional way of making gnocchi. Beyond the nutritions aspect provided by the spirulina, its original green colour marries perfectly with the tomato sauce. The basic ingredients are potatoes, spirulina and tomatoes, all envisioned to be grown in space, on Mars or other planets. The recipe was developed for ESA, in a research project defining nutrition for astronauts on future long-duration space missions.

Credits: ADF – Alain Ducasse Formation