Do the astronauts still drink tang mix when they are in space?”
Beyond Tang: Food in Space by The Kitchen Sisters Astronaut Peggy Whitson (left) and cosmonaut Valery Korzun eat a meal aboard the International Space Station service module Zvezda in 2002. NASA Vickie Kloeris holds a space food tray. Vickie Kloeris is manager of NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory, which develops, tests and packages meals for astronauts aboard the space shuttle and International Space Station. NASA NASA Recipes * Cornbread Dressing * Crawfish Etouffee * Tofu with Hot Mustard Sauce NOTE: Recipes are based on the “formulations” for actual space flight missions and include estimated measurements. A Skylab food tray A food tray used in the Skylab space station program of the 1970s. Packages outside the tray (from bottom left): grape drink, beef pot roast, chicken and rice, beef sandwiches and sugar cookie cubes. Inside the tray (from back left): orange drink , strawberries, asparagus, prime rib, dinner roll and butterscotch pudding in the center. NASA From the Hidden Kit
