The two astronauts of NASA stranded on the international space station The five have been feasting on pizza, roast chicken, and even shrimp cocktails for months — but have very little fresh produce to supplement their diet, as the post reveals.
Space agency doctors are closely monitoring the health and diet of Butch Wilmore, 61, and Sunita Williams, 59. Williams looks very thin in a recent photo,
An expert attached to the troubled Starliner mission told The Post that the pair are eating a variety of food, including breakfast cereal with powdered milk, pizza, shrimp cocktail, roasted chicken and tuna, as physicians ensure that They are consuming enough calories.
However, Grub, which was developed in the Space Food Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, is limited when it comes to fresh fruits and vegetables.
According to the expert, the ISS only replenishes production every three months.
“In the beginning there is fresh fruit,” he said, “but as the three months grow, that goes away – and their fruits and vegetables are packaged or freeze-dried.”
According to NASA, the ISS stores about 3.8 pounds of food per astronaut per day, with additional food in reserve for any unexpected extensions of the mission.
The food, which is personalized to meet each astronaut’s daily needs, is usually freeze-dried or packaged, and can be reheated using a food warmer on the ISS.
All meat and eggs are cooked on Earth and only have to be reheated in space. Meanwhile, dehydrated soups, stews and casseroles require water that comes from the space station’s 530-gallon fresh water tank.
The ISS also recycles astronauts’ urine and sweat into fresh water, ensuring very little waste.
Williams and Wilmore prepare their own food and eat it on magnetic trays with metal utensils.
The expert stressed that the astronauts are well looked after and there should be no concerns about their health.
“Nothing is left to chance and that includes their food,” the expert explained.
“So to be precise, it should be very clear that any reduction in weight is not due to lack of provisions on the ISS. There is plenty of food here, even for an extended mission.”
The astronauts’ diet became international news after NASA released photos that showed Williams with sunken cheeks and a significantly thinner frame.
Williams downplayed concerns reported “rumors” about her apparent weight loss, and said that the difference in her appearance was the result of fluid changes in her body due to the weightlessness of space.
“There’s been some rumors going around that I’m losing weight and stuff,” Williams said in a video interview. “No, I’m actually right at the same amount.”
Williams and Wilmore passed their pre-mission physical before spaceflight and were scheduled to stay on the ISS for only eight days.
But When his Boeing Starliner developed a technical faultThey were stranded on the ISS.
They are now in their fifth month on the ISS. A SpaceX flight is scheduled to return them to Earth in February.
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