Living in space: How astronauts train, eat and work
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2016-10-17 17:19
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The food kit for astronauts on Shenzhou XI. [Photo from Sina Weibo] |
Space cuisine
Astronauts on Shenzhou XI will have over a hundred dishes for the 33 days during the trip.
They will have the same dining time as people in China for three meals a day, with delicious classic Chinese dishes.
The meal menu changes every day for a 5-day period.
According to Cao Ping, vice chief of nutrition and food research for astronauts center, space food won't be expired in over a year and specially sterilized water. There's also a food heater in Tiangong II for making the food taste better.
Cao said in the future the technology could purify the urine into drinking water.
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