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Axiom Space AX-4 Astronaut’s mission to the International Space Station. From left to right: Tibor grave from Hungary, Indian Shubhanshu Shukla, American Peggy Whitson and Poland Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. | Credit: SpaceX
Another astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will have a very international taste – literally.
This flight, known as the AX-4, is the fourth crew trip to the Houston Axiom Space crew, has risen Wednesday morning (June 11) over the SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from the Florida space coast.
The AX-4 carries four people from four different nations to the orbit laboratory, so the mission’s lips are quite diverse.
For example, the AX-4 pilot Shubhanshu Shuklla from his native India raises several delicacies, including various sweets.
June 3 At a press conference, Shukla said she was carrying a mango nectar to the orbit laboratory, as well as Moong Dal Halwa and Carrot Halwa. (Halwa is a sweet dish made to roasting lenses, wheat or flour in Ghee, then boiling that mixture in sweet milk.)
“Some of them are my favorites, and I am very happy to carry them, share them with my colleagues and astronauts who are currently at the station,” Shuklla said.
Ax-4 mission specialist Tiboras in Hungary said he had packaged “cosmic chocolate” by Stuhmer, his native land.
“They have modified one of their traditional chocolate models, and to follow the rules of NASA basically,” said the grave during the press conference. “So we are extremely happy to fly it because it combines traditions and innovations for us.”
It is also a few spicy, peppers similar to Hungarian pastes, he added.
“I am extremely happy about those, because at the International Space Station we tend to eat less salty food, because it actually contributes to the loss of bone,” the grave said.
“So, as a result of the astronauts tend to like, you know, sharply and those [pastes] are really sharp, he added. – We also had the opportunity to try it quarantine. And let me tell you that we have so many coworkers here who have turned out to be great and they just love. ”
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A fellow mission specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland, the Astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), formed the entire AX-4 menu. Polish chef and restaurant restaurant spokesman Mateusz Gessler helped this effort, as did Lyofood, a family -owned Polish company with Freeze drying experience.
The menu includes Pierogi, famous Polish stuffed dumplings, as well as “tomato soup with pasta, Polish Leczo stew with buckwheat and apple crumbs for dessert,” said ESA officials’ statement.
“I really wanted to share a Polish menu that I could share with my colleagues with astronauts,” Uznanki-Wiśniewski said in the same statement. “Food gives psychological comfort, and I immediately thought it was worth taking some Polish delicacies into orbit.”
The fourth member of the AX-4 crew is Commander Peggy WhitsonIs it Former NASA Astronaut, who is currently acting as director of Human SpaceFlight, is currently acting. June 3 She did not discuss her food choices at the press conference (although she looked enthusiastic about the sharp Hungarian paste).
AX-4 is historical; This will be marked for the first time when someone in India, Hungary or Poland lived on the ISS on board. The mission is flying to the orbit laboratory in the entire new SpaceX Dragon and will spend about two weeks there, with about 60 different scientific experiments.