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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat does lunch look like when you are eating hundreds of kilometres above Earth? Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla<\/a> has shared a video on Instagram, showing how he prepared one of his favourites, mango salad during his Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission. After previously sharing a video of his team baking a cake in space, Shukla has now shown the surprisingly simple process of turning a packet of dehydrated mango salad into a meal in microgravity. Sharing the video, Shukla wrote, \u201cWhat\u2019s for lunch when your restaurant is travelling at 28,000 km\/h?\u201dHe explained that food on the space station comes in different forms, including dehydrated, freeze-dried and thermally stabilised foods. Each type requires a different method of preparation before it can be eaten.<\/p>\n In the video, Shukla holds up a packet containing dehydrated mango salad and explains that it needs water before it can be eaten. \u201cOkay, preparing for lunch. What I have with me is mango salad in this packet. Let’s see how this gets ready,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is dehydrated. We need to add water. It says 50 ml cold water for 5 to 10 minutes and I’ll show you how it is done.\u201d Shukla then takes the packet to a machine designed to add water to the packaged food. He connects the packet to the machine and starts the process. \u201cCome on. So we plug into this machine. We do this,\u201d he says.The machine dispenses 50 ml of cold water into the packet. Once the required amount of water has been added, Shukla removes the packet and mixes its contents. \u201cIt says 50 ml water. Look at this. It gets filled up with water,\u201d he says. He then takes the packet out and gently mixes the contents. \u201cAnd then you take it out. You gently squeeze it. Centrifuge it,\u201d Shukla explains. Once the mango salad is mixed, he repeats the process before placing the packet in a refrigerator. \u201cOkay. Once it is mixed. Do this once again. And put it in the fridge,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n In the caption accompanying the video, Shukla explained that astronauts can choose how they want certain foods prepared after they have been rehydrated. \u201cAdd water, let it rehydrate, and then choose your preferred temperature,\u201d he wrote. \u201cYou can put it in the refrigerator, yes, there is a fridge on the ISS or warm it up in the food warmer.\u201d There is, however, one familiar kitchen appliance that astronauts do not have access to on the International Space Station. \u201cA microwave, however, is one piece of earthly technology we don\u2019t have on the ISS,\u201d Shukla wrote. That means food preparation in orbit depends on the equipment available on the station, rather than the appliances commonly found in an Earth-based kitchen.<\/p>\n Shukla also pointed out another difference between eating a meal on Earth and eating one in microgravity: crumbs do not simply fall onto the table. \u201cAnd then there is the small matter of crumbs. In microgravity, they don\u2019t politely fall onto your plate. They float around, looking for adventure and potentially finding their way into equipment,\u201d he wrote.For astronauts, keeping food contained is therefore an important part of eating in space. Loose particles can float through the cabin instead of settling on a surface. Shukla summed up the process by writing, \u201cSo, even a simple mango salad comes with a little science, a little technique and, occasionally, a lot of patience.\u201d At the end, he wrote: \u201cBon app\u00e9tit\u2026 from orbit.\u201d<\/div>\n Shubhanshu shared the whole process in an Instagram video. What does lunch look like when you are eating hundreds of kilometres above Earth? Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has shared a video on Instagram, showing how he prepared one of his favourites, mango salad during his Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission. 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