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Food for Space 1985 NASA
more at scitech.quickfound.net "This video explores the food preparation and selection over the years of space flight." Public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization. en.wikipedia.org Space food are food products, specially created and processed for consumption by astronauts in outer space. The food has specific requirements of providing balanced nutrition for the health of individuals working in space, while being easy and safe to store, prepare and consume in the machinery filled low gravity environments of contemporary manned spacecraft. In recent years, space food has been used by various nations engaging on space programs as a way to share and show off their cultural identity and facilitate intercultural communication... Early history Russian Vostok (1961) For lunch Gagarin ate three 160 g toothpaste-type tubes; Two servings of pured meat and one chocolate sauce. United States One of John Glenn #39;s many tasks, as the first American to orbit Earth in 1962, was to experiment with eating in weightless conditions. Some experts had been concerned that weightlessness would impair swallowing. Glenn experienced no difficulties and it was determined that microgravity did not affect the natural swallowing process, which is enabled by the peristalsis of the esophagus ...From:webdev17Views:1 1ratingsTime:04:54More inScience Technology

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