Space Station Astronauts to Dine on Moose Meat
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The first Swede in space knows just what to serve his astronaut colleagues for dinner: moose and crisp bread.
Christer Fuglesang, who is set to become the first Swedish astronaut to embark on a space mission next month, said Thursday he will bring a decidedly Scandinavian flavor to the food menu aboard the International Space Station.
Fuglesang will serve dried moose meat, crisp bread and gingerbread cookies — a Christmas favorite in Sweden — to his colleagues on one of the 12 days he is set to spend on the ISS.
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"It's going to be a strange experience to eat in weightlessness," Fuglesang said in a statement sent out by the Swedish National Space Board. "But I'm sure my colleagues will appreciate the Swedish contributions."
Fuglesang is part of a crew set to travel to the ISS on NASA's Discovery space shuttle in early December, to do repairs on the station and conduct research experiments.
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In honor of sending the first Swede into space, NASA has named the mission after Anders Celsius, a Swedish scientist and astronomer who designed the temperature scale that bears his name.