Get Astronauts Eating In Space Images. The first space foods were soft foods (kind of like baby food!) packaged in tubes like toothpaste. John glenn became the first u.s.
From isro's gaganyaan mission to nasa, what astronauts eat.
Scientists have come up with special ways of packaging and eating foods in space. The first astronauts, like john glenn (the first american to orbit earth) had to eat out of squeeze and today, 22 years after columbia first launched, eating in space is becoming routine, and almost like home. Before an astronaut is launched into space, they visit the food lab to do a taste test, which helps nasa design menus for their mission. When an astronaut is ready to eat, he or she can add water to rehydrate the meal so that it.