For this activity, you are going to play the part of a mission control support team member who helps plan astronauts’ daily schedules and lives. We will focus on one of the most important activities for anyone, but especially for astronauts as they try to stay strong and healthy in space—eating!

You will design a days’ worth of meals that you would like to eat as an astronaut, and suggest any modifications that would need to be put in place to make the food amenable to a zero-gravity/non-refrigerated environment.

Step 1: Pick Three Meals
Choose a breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For now, your only rules are to avoid bread, soda, and ice cream—anything else is up for grabs! Each meal must consist of a protein, grain, fruit and vegetable.

Step 2: Modify Your Meals
What about your meals might need to change in order for them to be edible in space? You will likely have to do some research on each food item you selected to determine what special packaging or preparation is required.

Step 3: Write a Menu
In a word processing program, write a menu for the astronaut who will be eating these meals. For each meal, include:

What the meal is
Special packaging that is required (remember, some foods can fly away more easily than others!)
Any preparations that need to be done before consuming (ie, hydrating freeze-dried food)
To complete this activity, submit your menu with all of the above specifications addressed.