Samantha Cristoforetti è stata la nostra ultima astronauta sulla ISS, la Stazione Spaziale Orbitante. Ma vi siete mai chiesti come sia, fra un esperimento scientifico e l’altro, la vita quotidiana nello spazio? Ad esempio che cosa mangiano gli astronauti? Samantha è italiana… ma buone pizzerie non si trovano nello spazio! E allora…
Italian Astronaut Shows Off Space Station’s Snack Supply
When it comes to preparing for a long-duration space trip, forget the Tang; what you really need are some wholesome snacks.
Aspiring astronauts got a glimpse of spaceflyers’ snack options when Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti showed off her favorite space snacks in a video recorded on the International Space Station and released the European Space Agency on April 21, 2015.
“Snack time is a great opportunity to put the right kind of rocket fuel in your body,” Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman to fly in space, said in the video. “And, as always, don’t panic – eating healthy is not rocket science.”
In the video, she casually grabs dried apples, macadamia nuts, a pumpkin seed bar and other snacks from a rack in the space station’s Node 1 (Unity) module, showing all of them before letting them float away off-camera. (Except for one macadamia nut, which Cristoforetti munched.)
All of these snacks have a long shelf life, which makes sense because astronauts don’t have access to refrigeration on board the orbiting lab, and the spaceflyers routinely go months between cargo shipments.
Lastly, Cristoforetti displayed a “very special power bar” made just for her. It includes “plenty of healthy nutritious ingredients” such as nuts, seeds, full-grain cereals and the cyanobacterium spirulina.
Cristoforetti arrived at the International Space Station in November, 2014. She and fellow Expedition 43 crew members Anton Shkaplerov and Terry Virts came back to Earth on May 13, 2015.
source: space.com
to show off – mostrare
snack – spuntino, snack
supply – provvista, scorta
to prepare for – prepararsi per
wholesome – salutare, sano
to record – registrare
to release – rilasciare, distribuire
fuel – carburante
… is not rocket science – … non è difficile, non devi essere uno scienziato nucleare (Lett: non è scienza missilistica)
to grab – afferrare
pumpkin seed bar – barretta ai semi di zucca
to float away – volare via
to have a long shelf life – essere a lunga conservazione
orbiting – orbitante
cargo shipment – spedizione di merce
nutritious – nutriente
crew – equipaggio
