Kid Vision Space Adventures food and space.

Hi Kid Vision kids.

It's me, Miss Penny,# and this season we are going to space.

Just like you, astronauts need nutritious food# to stay healthy and do their jobs.

Our bodies need different kinds of nutrients to grow and# [music] stay strong.

Protein helps build muscles.

Vitamins keep our bodies working properly,# and calcium helps keep bones and teeth strong.

So, what's it like to eat in space?

Getting# food in space takes a lot of planning.

There isn't much room on a spacecraft, and astronauts# can't run to a grocery store or order delivery.

Everything they eat has to be packed and sent# with them.

The food is specially prepared so it won't spoil and doesn't take up too much space,# often by removing water or sealing it tightly.

That way, astronauts have safe,# longlasting meals for their entire mission.

My friend Audrey explained different ways food# is prepared for space.

All right, so this is just one example that we have of space food.

This is# dehydrated slashrehydrated food.

As you can see, it looks a little little wonky, a little crusty a# little bit, but they'll rehydrate it by adding a little bit of water and then they have their own# little makeshift oven that they'll use to heat it up and eat it.

It's really cool.

But they put# their drinks in these little pouches.

[music] And then there's a couple different ways that# they bring up food to space.

They have thermostabilized, which means they'll kill it# off with a whole bunch of heat.

Irradiated, which means they'll add a bunch of radiation to it# to kill off the the germs and everything.

And then they'll have fresh.

How do you dehydrate it?

So,# they'll basically put it through a vacuum like you guys saw earlier.

And then they'll freeze it.# And then they'll do that process over and over and over again.

And they'll also vacuum [music]# seal all of the air out of it like this as well.

The Kid Vision kids and I got a chance to taste# some dehydrated food.

I have a couple of different things for you guys to try.

Okay.

Would you guys# like to try some freeze-dried food?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So, we have bananas and strawberries.

Which# one would you guys like to try?

[music] Strawberry.

Banana.

Okay.

So, I'll give you# this one.

And if anybody else wants to try the the banana, pass it around.

[music]# Same with the strawberries.

All right.

Kind of melts in your mouth.

Yeah, that's a# good example.

All right.

All right.

Here we go.

It's good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So, you'd all# take them.

Take them to space.

Yeah.

In space, there are foods astronauts cannot# eat.

For example, crumbly foods like bread, crackers, and cookies can break apart and# float away in tiny pieces.

[music] These crumbs can get into eyes, noses, or even# delicate equipment and cause big problems.

Instead of crumbly bread, [music] astronauts# choose foods that stay together, like tortillas.

Astronauts eat a lot of space [music] tacos.# But who are the people who figure out how to make food for astronauts?

Did you know there# is a special scientist called a food scientist?

Food scientists study how food works.

[music] They# figure out how to keep food safe, nutritious, and tasty.

especially in places [music] like space.# They help design foods that last a long time, don't spoil, and [music] are easy for# astronauts to eat without making a mess.

We had a great time learning about# food in space.

On our next episode, we'll find out about inventions in space on the# Kid Vision Space Adventures.

Bye.

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