Now let’s talk about what are the aerospace foods?

With the rapid development of science and technology, our country's aerospace industry has also made great achievements. In the aerospace industry, every step is very special. Including food and water for astronauts.

Everyone knows that it is not very easy for astronauts to eat and drink in space. They need to eat special space food, and the requirements for these route videos are also very strict, nutritious, convenient, and safe. Delicious general meeting made according to the request "one bite".

Our country’s aerospace food draws on the practices of Western countries in terms of packaging and production, and also incorporates the essence of Chinese cuisine. The aerospace food has very obvious Chinese characteristics, and many traditional Chinese dishes also have Appeared in aerospace recipes.

The main breakfast meals include shredded pork with pickled vegetables, dried-roasted king oyster mushrooms, assorted fried rice, pickled mustard, milk tea, etc. Lunch also includes curry fried chicken, peas, vegetarian chicken, mushrooms, chicken nuggets, chocolate, and instant lemon tea. Dinner includes black pepper beef tenderloin, orange juice, lotus root, pickled radish fried rice, and instant radish juice. There are also rice dumplings and rice dumplings, a food with Chinese characteristics.

Astronauts can also drink juice, tea, coffee and other rehydration drinks in space. In addition, Chinese aerospace food experts have also invented tea beverages that are easy to drink and packaged simply. After adding water, mix thoroughly before opening and drinking.

Spaceflight food must meet hygiene requirements to prevent the occurrence of food-borne diseases, and spaceflight food must also be packaged and stored in a way that is convenient for astronauts to eat. , and easy to store for a long time.

Generally, aerospace food is light in weight, small in size, and highly nutritious. It is convenient for astronauts to eat under weightless conditions in space and prevent food from floating around in the space capsule. Therefore, space food is Processed into the size of a normal human bite, there is no flowing soup in the food packaging, and in order to reduce the burden on the non-authorized waste collection system, the space food does not contain residues.

Under normal flight conditions, there are several types of aerospace videos.

Rehydrated food: This is freeze-dried food. It is very light and small when it is sent into space. It accounts for a large proportion of aerospace food, but it must be rehydrated before eating. Water, on the packaging bag of this kind of food, there will be a one-way water inlet valve to facilitate the use of water.

Ready-to-eat food: As the name suggests, this kind of food can be eaten immediately and does not require further processing.

Frozen and refrigerated food: This kind of food is usually frozen on the ground and then taken into space. It can be eaten after being thawed.