Thanksgiving in orbit means conventional fare plus lobster : NPR

As well as the traditional Thanksgiving fare, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will enjoy clams, smoked salmon and lobster.

In addition to the normal Thanksgiving fare, NASA astronauts on the Worldwide House Station will take pleasure in clams, smoked salmon and lobster.

NASA webcast

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NASA webcast

About 250 miles above the Earth, NASA astronauts on board the Worldwide House Station (ISS) will take pleasure in an off-duty day for Thanksgiving, together with a bunch meal that options some celebratory meals.

“That is my second Thanksgiving in house, so I extremely suggest it,” stated Mike Fincke, in a video message beamed down from the outpost.

This fall, NASA included a “Vacation Bulk Overwrapped Bag,” or BOB, on a resupply mission that went as much as the station. The bag contained festive objects like clams, oysters, crab meat, quail, and smoked salmon.

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“Our floor groups and the meals lab at NASA have taken such nice care of us,” stated Zena Cardman, who famous that they’re going to even have conventional fare like turkey and mashed potatoes, all packaged up in ways in which will not trigger a large number in microgravity. “We have even acquired some lobster, which is superb. So I feel it is going to be a very, actually scrumptious meal.”

Fincke displayed a can of cranberry sauce, which occurred to come back from the Russian house company.

“It is form of neat to have that up right here as a result of that is one among my favourite elements,” he stated. “I will miss my household, after all. However I am up right here with my house household and it is actually superior.”

Cardman and Fincke, together with fellow NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, will share their vacation meal with three Russian cosmonauts and Japan Aerospace Exploration Company astronaut Kimiya Yui.

“We do not have Thanksgiving in Japan, however right here, on ISS, everyone respects one another’s tradition,” stated Yui, who added that he was trying ahead to the dinner.

And if all goes as deliberate, extra friends will arrive in time for the meal, as a result of a Soyuz rocket with three new crew members for the station, together with NASA astronaut Chris Williams, is scheduled to blast off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:27 am Japanese time on Thursday.