NASA is developing new space foods for three astronauts who will inhabit the International Space Station from late October, officials said Tuesday.
NASA food specialists have developed 30 new types of nourishment, including dishes containing tuna, crawfish and chicken, in a bid to prevent the first full-time ISS residents from getting bored with conventional zero-gravity fare, they said.
They showed reporters three new types of space sustenance Tuesday morning.
Chiaki Mukai, a 48-year-old payload specialist and Japan's first female astronaut, sampled comestibles such as tuna with cream sauce and said, "Everything tastes good to me, and this is also yummy."