{"id":19124,"date":"2016-12-24T00:33:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/christmas-in-space-features-french-cuisine\/"},"modified":"2016-12-24T00:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:33:36","slug":"christmas-in-space-features-french-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/christmas-in-space-features-french-cuisine\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in space features French cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_298590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298590\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-298590\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/161223-whitson-630x464.jpg\" alt=\"Astronaut Peggy Whitson\" width=\"630\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/161223-whitson-630x464.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/161223-whitson-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/161223-whitson-1240x914.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-298590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson wears Christmas colors as she floats inside the International Space Station. (NASA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spacefliers on the International Space Station will be getting the traditional Christmas turkey dinner, coming out of a not-so-traditional food storage pouch \u2013 but they\u2019ll also be getting something extra,&nbsp;courtesy of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet.<\/p>\n<p>French chefs have prepared a spread of canned foods that kick space cuisine up a notch, including Normandy-style ox tongue, chicken supreme with morel mushrooms and apple gingerbread for dessert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have enough for everybody on the crew,\u201d Pesquet said.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s contributions to the feast include turkey, fruit salad, green beans and potatoes, cornbread stuffing, cran-apple cobbler and chocolate cake. But don\u2019t expect the cake to come fresh out of the oven: The space station\u2019s menu items are generally thermostabilized, canned or dehydrated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Space Station Crew Celebrates the Holidays Aboard the Orbital Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DsSRWM85y7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NASA officially bans alcohol on the space station (while the Russians aren\u2019t quite so strait-laced). So packaged cider and cocoa will serve for Christmas cheer around the station\u2019s dinner table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHot cocoa is one of my favorites, especially growing up in Iowa when you wanted to stay warm,\u201d NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson said in this year\u2019s NASA Christmas video.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the second Christmas that Whitson has spent in orbit. The first came in 2007, during her second long-duration stint on the space station. By the time she returns to Earth next spring, she\u2019ll be NASA\u2019s most experienced astronaut, breaking the 534-day NASA record for cumulative time in space.<\/p>\n<p>The Christmas dinner is a long-running tradition on the space station, which has been continuously occupied for 16 years. But Pesquet, a first-time spaceflier, said the holiday is about much more than the meal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Christmas is also a special time to remember that we should try to get along,\u201d he said in a video made for the European Space Agency. \u201cWhen we look at Earth through the window, we see that it\u2019s just a whole. I hope that people can take that time to try to get along, understand each other, and simply make the world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitson seconded that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing on board the ISS gives us a slightly different&nbsp;perspective of Christmas,\u201d she said. \u201cObviously friends and family are important to all of us, but besides funny hats, there is another very important aspect of being on ISS, and that\u2019s seeing the planet as a whole. It actually reinforces, I think, the fact that we should live as one people and strive for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May we all have that perspective in the holiday season and beyond:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"OVERVIEW\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/55073825?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" data-ratio=\"0.425\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"340\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 340px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson wears Christmas colors as she floats inside the International Space Station. (NASA Photo) Spacefliers on the International Space Station will be getting the traditional Christmas turkey dinner, coming out of a not-so-traditional food storage pouch \u2013 but they\u2019ll also be getting something extra,&nbsp;courtesy of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. 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