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Axiom Space’s crew of the AX 4 astronaut mission to the international space station. From left to right: Tibor Kapu from Hungary, Shubhanshu Shucla from India, American Peggy Whitson and Poland Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. | Credit: SpaceX
The next Astronaut mission of the International Space Station (ISS) will literally have a very international taste.
This is known as AX-4 because he is the fourth crew from the Houston Company Axiom Space to the ISS, was canceled on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Floridas Space Coast on Wednesday morning (June 11).
AX-4 carries four people, from four different nations in the Orbiting Lab, so that the Larder of the Mission is quite diverse.
For example, AX 4-Pilot Shubhanshu Shuckla produces some delicacies from his homeland India, including a variety of sweets.
During a press conference on June 3, Shucla said that he was wearing Mango -Nectar for the circulation laboratory as well as Moong Dal Halwa and Carrot Halwa. (Halwa is a sweet dish that is made in ghee by roasting lentils, wheat or flour and cooks this mixture in sugary milk.)
“Some of them are my favorites, and I am so happy to be able to wear them with my colleagues and the astronauts who are currently on the station,” said Shucla.
Tibor Kapu from Hungary, mission specialist from AX-4, said that he had packed some “room chocolate”, which was made available by Stuhmer, a company from his home country.
“They modified one of their traditional chocolate models to comply with the NASA rules,” said Kapu during the press conference. “We are very happy to fly this, because for us it brings tradition and innovation together.”
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“I am also very happy about this because we eat fewer salty foods on the international space station because it actually contributes to bone loss,” said Kapu.
“So, that’s why astronauts tend to like, you know, spicy and this [pastes] Are really sharp, “he added.” We also had the opportunity to try it out in quarantine. And just let me tell you, we have so many employees here who found them excellently and they just love it. “
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Colleagues mission specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland, Astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), put together an entire menu for AX-4. The Polish chef and restaurateur Mateusz Gessler helped this endeavor, as did Lyofood, a family-run Polish company with freeze drying specialist knowledge.
Pierogi, the famous Polish dumplings and “Tomato soup with pasta, Polish” Leczo “pot with buckwheat and apple crumbs for dessert”, said, officers of the ESA said in a explanation.
“I wanted a really Polish menu that I could share with my colleagues,” said Uznański-Wiśniewski in the same explanation. “Essen brings psychological comfort, and I immediately thought that it was worth bringing a few Polish delicacies into the orbit.”
The fourth AX 4 crew member is commander Peggy WhitsonPresent A record-representative former NASA Astronaut, who is currently acting as director of Human Spaceflight from Axiom. During the press conference on June 3, she did not discuss her selection of food (although she seemed enthusiastic about Capus spicy Hungarian pastes).
AX-4 is historical; The first time will mark that everyone from India, Hungary or Poland has lived on board the ISS. The mission flies to the surrounding laboratory in a brand new SpaceX kite and will spend about two weeks up there. During this time, the crew will carry out about 60 different scientific experiments.
