What do astronauts eat in space?

The Science Briefing

Sitting down for dinner isn't so easy when you're floating around a spacecraft.

Not only is dining quite different in space but the food options for astronauts are much more limited.

Meals mostly come in tins, vacuum packs or protein pastes in squidgy tubes - but these can get boring fast, so researchers are brainstorming other options to keep astronauts and their tummies happy.

Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Evrim Yazgin about space food and how long until we can start growing food in space.

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