NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory has posted a series of pictures on its website that shows us the types of food astronauts eat while in space.
From candy bars and cookies to sweet potato soup and freeze-dried rice, everything from the packaging to the menu has to be carefully evaluated by the agency to ensure that its astronauts are well fed and kept in good morale.
“Food not only provides nutrition for astronauts, but also enhances the psychological well-being of the crew by establishing a familiar element in an unfamiliar and hostile environment,” wrote NASA on its website.
The photos below track the development of space food through the past decades.
[via NASA]