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Astronauts cook chicken and steak in orbit

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Astronauts aboard the Tiangong Space Station have cooked chicken wings and steaks for the very first time in orbit, marking humanity’s first ever “space barbecue.” Using a specially designed, smokeless hot-air over, they can now enjoy fresh meals safely in microgravity.

Breakdown
  • Chinese astronauts hosted a barbecue in space for the first time.
  • They used a new smokeless hot air oven, a breakthrough for safe, flameless cooking in microgravity. 10s
  • For their first meal, astronauts cooked chicken wings and steak. 19s
  • This technology allows astronauts to enjoy fresh-cooked meals instead of only freeze-dried food. 23s
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