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From John Glenn s mission to orbit Earth to the International Space Station program, space food research has met the challenge of providing food that tastes good and travels well in space. To better understand this process, we can look back through history. Explorers have always had to face the problem of how to carry enough food for their journeys. Whether those explorers are onboard a sailing ship or on the Space Shuttle, adequate storage space has been a problem. Food needs to remain edible throughout the voyage, and it also needs to provide all the nutrients required to avoid vitamin-deficiency diseases such as scurvy. Early in history, humans discovered that food. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Educational Product Educators Grades K-8 EG-1999-02-115-HQ SPACE FOOD AND NUTRITION An Educator s Guide With Activities in Science and Mathematics Space and Food Nutrition An Educators Guide With Activities in Science and Mathematics is available in electronic format through NASA Spacelink one of the Agency s electronic resources specifically developed for use by the educational community. The system may be accessed at the following address http products SPACE FOOD AND NUTRITION An Educator s Guide With Activities in Science and Mathematics National Aeronautics and Space Administration This publication is in the Public Domain and is not protected by copyright. Permission is not required for duplication. .