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Mystery #1Tier 1eating in space

How do astronauts eat a meal and sip a drink when everything just floats away?

Picture yourself sitting down to lunch on a space station. You reach for a sandwich, but it drifts up past your nose, and your juice hangs in the air in a wobbling silver ball. Nothing will stay on a plate, because there is no down for it to settle onto. So how do astronauts eat a meal and sip a drink when everything just floats away?

An astronaut aboard the space station smiling with a spoonful of food and a sealed drink pouch
Photo: Francisco Rubio · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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