{"id":287266,"date":"2024-08-19T10:33:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T08:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=338713"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:03:20","slug":"how-fruit-is-eaten-in-space-the-astronauts-from-the-iss-show-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-fruit-is-eaten-in-space-the-astronauts-from-the-iss-show-us\/","title":{"rendered":"How fruit is eaten in space: the astronauts from the ISS show us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Russian cargo spacecraft arrived on Saturday at the International Space Station (ISS), bringing with it nearly three tons of food, fuel, and other supplies for the current crew.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most of the food will be processed and packaged, <strong>spaceships that deliver supplies to the orbital outpost usually include a small amount of fresh fruit<\/strong> so that astronauts can enjoy it in the days following their arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared a short video of himself enjoying a segment of orange that arrived on the Progress cargo spacecraft over the weekend, and as you can see, <strong>microgravity conditions offer a rather unusual way to enjoy food<\/strong> aboard the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">We recently received some fresh fruit via \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441 and Cygnus cargo vehicles. We celebrate every bite with these infrequent treats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ms63CWixre\">pic.twitter.com\/ms63CWixre<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dominickmatthew\/status\/1825300978264052028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fruits in space and it&#8217;s not a Kubrick movie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;We celebrate every bite with these rare delicacies,&#8217; Dominick wrote in his Sunday tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, astronauts on the space station have been researching ways to grow leafy vegetables and other vegetables in microgravity conditions, but <strong>most of the food they consume is still prepared and packaged on Earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being able to grow fresh food in space is an important step towards launching human missions to Mars and other destinations in deep space, as it will not be practical to pack all the necessary food supplies into a spacecraft for such a long mission.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominick, who arrived at the station in March, has been impressing us earthlings with his photographic skills, sharing a series of compelling images that show not only the interior of the station, but also the Earth and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Progress spacecraft will remain docked to the space station for the next six months<\/strong>. The crew will fill it with trash before sending it to burn up during a rapid descent into Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian cargo spacecraft arrived on Saturday at the International Space Station (ISS), bringing with it nearly three tons of food, fuel, and other supplies for the current crew. Although most of the food will be processed and packaged, spaceships that deliver supplies to the orbital outpost usually include a small amount of fresh fruit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-fruit-is-eaten-in-space-the-astronauts-from-the-iss-show-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How fruit is eaten in space: the astronauts from the ISS show us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":287267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4289],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-287266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionnasa-app"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311842,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287266\/revisions\/311842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287266"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=287266"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=287266"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=287266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}