Atlanta Astronaut Eats Thanksgiving Dinner in Space

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | November 24, 2016 | Nicole D. Smith

[Cecily]

Like many Atlantans, astronaut Shane Kimbrough plans to gather around the table and eat a traditional Thanksgiving meal. But this traditional meal certainly isn't typical.

Kimbrough—along with five other space crew members—are aboard the International Space Station (ISS), orbiting many miles away in space on Thanksgiving Day. Kimbrough is one of two Americans on board, but all of the astronauts—who are from the U.S., France and Russia—will dig into a space-friendly version of a quintessential, American Thanksgiving meal: packets of turkey, green beans, candied yams and mashed potatoes. In order to eat dinner, the orbiting men and women just add water.

[Cecily]

Reconstituted turkey doesn't sound too good.

[BenLurkin]

[blueunicorn6]

I’ve heard that they only flush the toilet over North Korea.

[jbrown7.62x39]

I could try a thanksgiving MRE lol! That sounds like basically what they got

[blueunicorn6]

Mmmmm.....mmmmmm.....

That’s some fine eating there.

“Mom, can I have seconds on the foil?”

[butlerweave]

Yep if you’re in Space where else would you eat it

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Scrumdiddlyumptious

[Flick Lives]

In space, no one can hear you scream for seconds.

[cyclotic]

I once sent a TRE (thanksgiving ready to eat) to a buddy deployed in Iraq. Turkey spam, pringles, dried cranberries, premade Jello. Etc all packed in Tyvek bags.

[exDemMom]

Green bean casserole is bad enough. The space version must be horrific.

[jbrown7.62x39]

That might be pretty good! Some sound terrible but I rarely encounter MREs I don’t like

[Secret Agent Man]

I say we nuke the whole turkey from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure (it’s done).

[minnesota_bound]

Gotta add bacon as I did for the turkey today.

[real saxophonist]

Another astronaut from Georgia was a family friend, Sonny Carter. He went to high school with my sister, and she has an autographed NASA picture.