What’s on the menu for NASA’s Artemis II moon astronauts?

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NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, together with the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, are less than 24 hours away from flying to the moon.

The Artemis II mission is on target to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1. Once NASA’s powerful SLS rocket has lifted the crew to space, they’ll spend about a day in Earth orbit checking the Orion spacecraft’s systems before changing trajectory and heading for the moon.

The mission doesn’t involve a lunar touchdown. Instead, the astronauts will fly around the moon before heading back home in a voyage expected to last about 10 days.

So, what kind of food will keep the crew fueled over the course of their epic trip?

The menu items are designed to support crew health and performance, and with no resupply or refrigeration, all of the food must be shelf-stable as well as

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