14. Will any food be served while traveling to space? Is it possible to eat anything during launch or landing? (A K2S Question)

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(CC) Food is not served during launch. We keep our visors down during lift off in the unlikely event of a cabin depressurization during launch and so it is impossible to eat anything. To my knowledge, I do not know of any astronauts who eat or chew anything during launch or landing. Right after landing, however, I did manage to get into the lockers to grab some chocolate-covered espresso beans before the crew came to open up the hatch!

Answer provided by Charles Camarda, Ph.D. & Nicholas Patrick, Ph.D. & Dr. Jonathan B. Clark


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