KSC-06PD-1289

	KSC-06PD-1289
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	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Operations and
	Checkout Building, Michele Perchonok stows packages of
	food that the STS-121 crew will eat on the 12-day
	mission. Perchonok is a NASA Subsystem manager for
	Shuttle Food Systems from Johnson Space Center.
	Astronauts select their own menus from a large array of
	food items. Astronauts are supplied with three balanced
	meals, plus snacks. Diets are designed to supply each
	astronaut with 100 percent of the daily value of vitamins
	and minerals necessary for the environment of space.
	Foods flown on space missions are researched and
	developed at the Space Food Systems Laboratory at the
	Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, which is staffed
	by food scientists, dietitians and engineers. Foods are
	analyzed through nutritional analysis, sensory
	evaluation, storage studies, packaging evaluations and
	many other methods. Each astronaut?s food is stored
	aboard the space shuttle and is identified by a colored
	dot affixed to each package. A supplementary food supply
	(pantry) consisting of two extra days per person is
	stowed aboard the space shuttle for each flight. Pantry
	items are flown in addition to the menu in case the
	flight is unexpectedly extended because of bad weather at
	the landing site or for some other unforeseen reason.
	Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

	Date Published: 2009-10-01 04:50:07
	Identifier: KSC-KSC-06PD-1289
	Item Size: 267260
	Media Type: image

	# Topics
	What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter
	What -- STS-121
	Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
	Where -- Johnson Space Center (JSC)

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