The astronaut's cookbook

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Thu, 11/12/2009 - 23:00

(Springer) Most people are intimately familiar with the awe-inspiring photos of space shuttle launches or images of the Earth from the International Space Station.

But how many have thought about what astronauts eat when they're living on the International Space Station?

Now, a truly unique book, "The Astronaut's Cookbook -- Tales, Recipes, and More," written by NASA veterans Charles T.

Bourland and Gregory L. Vogt, gives a first look at what astronauts eat while in space.

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