This Skylab-4 mission onboard photograph shows Astronaut Ed Gibson getting ready to prepare his meal in the crew wardroom. The tray contained heating elements for preparing the individual food packets. The food on Skylab was a great improvement over that on earlier spaceflights. It was no longer necessary to squeeze liquified food from plastic tubes. Skylab's kitchen was so equipped that each crewman could select his own menu and prepare it to his own taste.

This photograph was taken during the Skylab-3 mission (2nd marned mission), showing Astronaut Owen Garriott enjoying his meal in the Orbital Workshop crew wardroom. The tray contained heating elements for preparing the individual food packets. The food on Skylab was a great improvement over that on earlier spaceflights. It was no longer necessary to squeeze liquified food from plastic tubes. Skylab's kitchen was so equipped that each crewman could select his own menu and prepare it to his own taste.

S131-E-008307 (9 April 2010) --- Three Expedition 23 crew members share a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, commander; Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov, both flight engineers. Skvortsov had interrupted his meal to document the station crew members and the visiting Discovery astronauts (out of frame) during the meal. Thirteen cosmonauts and astronauts will continue their joint activities over the next several days aboard the orbital complex.

ISS038-E-009304 (28 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (mostly out of frame), Expedition 38 flight engineer, offers a close-up view of his Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-011297 (15 Nov. 2007) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, prepares a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-018125 (13 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, eats a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-009300 (28 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, poses for a photo with his Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-018120 (13 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, eats a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

S126-E-12236 (27 Nov. 2008) --- Not far away from this close-up scene of the galley on the Space Shuttle Endeavour were nine astronauts and a cosmonaut eager to share a Thanksgiving meal to top off almost two weeks of joint activities, including an involved home improvement project on the International Space Station. Unlike most of their families and friends on Earth, who probably went through pains to prepare elaborate meals for this festive occasion, the STS-126 and Expedition 18 crewmembers merely needed add water to these prepared packets

STS001-07-502 (12-14 April 1981) --- A smiling Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, is about to prepare a meal aboard the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit. Prepared meals, which need only water added, and beverages, can be seen attached to trays, which are mounted on locker doors in Columbia's middeck area. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, took this photograph with a 35mm camera. Photo credit: NASA

STS003-26-253 (30 March 1982) --- Astronaut Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, wearing communications kit assembly (assy) mini-headset (HDST), prepares meal on middeck. Fullerton clips corner of rehydratable food (cereal) package with scissors. The opening will allow Fullerton to insert JSC water dispenser kit water gun in order to heat contents with hot water. Meal tray assembly is secured to forward middeck locker and holds additional food packages and beverage containers. Photo credit: NASA

STS001-07-502 (12-14 April 1981) --- A smiling Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, is about to prepare a meal aboard the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit. Prepared meals, which need only water added, and beverages, can be seen attached to trays, which are mounted on locker doors in Columbia's middeck area. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, took this photograph with a 35mm camera. Photo credit: NASA

ISS030-E-210349 (15 Jan. 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko (left) and Anton Shkaplerov, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, share a meal near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-011279 (15 Nov. 2007) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, prepares a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, is visible in the background.

STS004-28-312 (27 June-4 July 1982) --- Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, STS-4 crew commander, prepares a meal in the middeck area of space shuttle Columbia. He uses scissors to open a drink container. Various packages of food and meal accessories are attached to locker doors. At far left edge of the frame is the tall payload called continuous flow electrophoresis experiment (CFES) system-designed to separate biological materials according to their surface electrical charges as they pass through an electrical field. Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. exposed this frame with a 35mm camera. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007806 (14 July 2011) --- Seven astronauts ? six from NASA and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ? and three Russian cosmonauts participate on July 14, 2011 in a special meal on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' middeck. One of the final meals shared between shuttle and station crews has been called ?The All-American Meal.? The STS-135 crew consists of NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim; the Expedition 28 or station crew members are JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. Note: Ferguson is barely in the frame at bottom foreground. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007808 (14 July 2011) --- Seven astronauts ? six from NASA and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ? and three Russian cosmonauts participate on July 14, 2011 in a special meal on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' middeck. One of the final meals shared between shuttle and station crews has been called ?The All-American Meal.? The STS-135 crew consists of NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim; the Expedition 28 or station crew members are JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007791(14 July 2011) --- Seven astronauts – six from NASA and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – and three Russian cosmonauts participate on July 14, 2011 in a special meal on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' middeck. One of the final meals shared between shuttle and station crews has been called “The All-American Meal.” The STS-135 crew consists of NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim; the Expedition 28 or International Space Station crew members are JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. Note: Ferguson is barely in the frame at bottom foreground. Photo credit: NASA

S130-E-008751 (15 Feb. 2010) --- STS-130 and Expedition 22 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Pictured from the right are George Zamka, STS-130 commander; and Nicholas Patrick, mission specialist.

Commander Barry Wilmore takes a self-portrait with food packages (smoked turkey, cranapple dessert, cornbread dressing, and tea with sugar) planned for his Thanksgiving meal. Image was taken near the galley table in the Unity Node 1, and released by Wilmore on Instagram.

ISS038-E-009306 (28 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins (left) and Rick Mastracchio, both Expedition 38 flight engineers, pose for a photo with a Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

iss073e0000877 (April 21, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers prepares for a midday meal aboard the Unity module where the International Space Station's galley is located.

ISS006-E-50611 (28 April 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, prepares to eat a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

S125-E-006592 (12 May 2009) --- Astronauts Megan McArthur, Mike Massimino (center) and Andrew Feustel, all STS-125 mission specialists, prepare to eat a meal on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S131-E-008304 (9 April 2010) --- With 13 astronauts and cosmonauts onboard the station at one time, activities around the galley in the Unity node get rather busy at meal time. Over half the 13 are seen in this flight day five aggregation. NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, prepares part of his meal at left. Also pictured clockwise (from the right) are JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, both Expedition 23 flight engineers; NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson and Clayton Anderson, both STS-131 mission specialists; along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Mikhail Kornienko, Expedition 23 commander and flight engineer, respectively.

STS005-06-210 (16 Nov. 1982) --- Astronaut Vance D. Brand (in dark blue shirt), STS-5 commander; Robert F. Overmyer (left), pilot; and William B. Lenoir, mission specialist, conduct microgravity experiments with food containers and meal tray assemblies in front of middeck port side wall and side hatch. Brand prepares to eat as meal tray assembly floats above his chest and Overmeyer and Lenoir look on. Sign on port side wall is labeled STS-5 message board. Photo credit: NASA

S122-E-009723 (17 Feb. 2008) --- STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist; Steve Frick, STS-122 commander; Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; Alan Poindexter, STS-122 pilot; Stanley Love and Daniel Tani, both STS-122 mission specialists.

ISS016-E-009711 (4 Nov. 2007) --- STS-120 and Expedition 16 crewmembers share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Pictured (from the left) are astronauts Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; Pam Melroy, STS-120 commander; George Zamka, pilot; Doug Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson and European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli, all mission specialists.

S122-E-009720 (17 Feb. 2008) --- STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left (foreground) are NASA astronauts Daniel Tani and Leland Melvin, both STS-122 mission specialists. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist; Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and Alan Poindexter, STS-122 pilot.

S135-E-007815 (14 July 2011) --- Part of an aggregate of seven astronauts ? six from NASA and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ? and three Russian cosmonauts prepares to participate on July 14, 2011 in a special meal on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' middeck. One of the final meals shared between shuttle and station crews has been called ?The All-American Meal.? The STS-135 crew consists of NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim; the Expedition 28 or station crew members are JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. Not in this frame are Ferguson, Walheim and Hurley. Photo credit: NASA

ISS006-E-50613 (28 April 2003) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin (foreground), Expedition Six flight engineer, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition Seven NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS004-E-5197 (December 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander, prepares a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Onufrienko represents Rosaviakosmos. The image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS020-E-026767 (31 July 2009) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra (left), European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, share a meal at a galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-009715 (4 Nov. 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Pictured are astronauts George Zamka (left), STS-120 pilot; Doug Wheelock (partially out of frame) and Stephanie Wilson, both mission specialists.

ISS002-E-5339 (12 April 2001) --- The Expedition Two crewmembers -- astronaut Susan J. Helms (left), cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronaut James S. Voss -- share a meal at the table in the Zvezda / Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS). This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S122-E-009725 (17 Feb. 2008) --- STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left (bottom) are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist; Steve Frick, STS-122 commander; Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS-122 mission specialist. Pictured from the left (top) are NASA astronauts Daniel Tani and Stanley Love, both STS-122 mission specialists.

S122-E-007054 (9 Feb. 2008) --- Not long after the hatches were opened on the International Space Station and STS-122 crewmembers were able to come onboard, eating utensils were brought out as nine astronauts and a cosmonaut shared a meal time. From the left foreground are astronauts Rex Walheim, Daniel Tani, Steve Frick and Alan Poindexter. Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko is in the background. Tani and Malenchenko are members of the Expedition 16 crew, but Tani's time in that position is short as he soon will be switching out duties with ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts (out of frame).

S130-E-008738 (15 Feb. 2010) --- STS-130 and Expedition 22 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist; George Zamka, STS-130 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Oleg Kotov, both Expedition 22 flight engineers.

ISS023-E-029731 (29 April 2010) --- Expedition 23 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured from the right are NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander; NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov, all flight engineers.

S82-28923 (March 1982) --- Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, uses both hands to retrieve part of a meal from an orbital flight test food warmer in the middeck area of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia. The food warmer is a versatile briefcase-like device developed by life sciences personnel at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, STS-3 commander, took this photograph with a 35mm camera. Photo credit: NASA

ISS020-E-005086 (30 May 2009) --- The Expedition 20 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured (from the left, clockwise) are Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both flight engineers; cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, all flight engineers.

ISS018-E-041201 (19 March 2009) --- Crewmembers on the International Space Station share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured (from the left) are cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer; NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, STS-119 mission specialist; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist.

S135-E-007698 (13 July 2011) --- Taking a brief break from moving chores and other busy activities on the joint shuttle/International Space Station complex, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley prepares a meal at Atlantis' middeck galley. July 13 marks the sixth day in space for the STS-135 pilot and his three crewmates. Photo credit: NASA

S131-E-010227 (14 April 2010) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members as they share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured are NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, James P. Dutton Jr.; and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov.

ISS020-E-005082 (30 May 2009) --- The Expedition 20 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured (from the left, clockwise) are Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both flight engineers; cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, all flight engineers.

S131-E-010228 (14 April 2010) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members as they share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured are NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, James P. Dutton Jr.; and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov.

ISS020-E-046953 (5 Oct. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Michael Barratt (left), Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; and Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer and Expedition 22 commander; along with spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte (mostly out of frame at right), share a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS008-E-06697 (1 December 2003) --- Cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, eats a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

S125-E-012353 (19 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, eats a meal on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis.

ISS017-E-012548 (28 July 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, prepares to eat a meal near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS010-E-16610 (6 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, eats a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The members of the STS-129 crew enjoy breakfast together on launch day in the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin; Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Robert L. Satcher Jr. and Mike Foreman. Liftoff is set for 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16. On STS-129, the crew will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station, the largest of the shuttle's cargo carriers, containing 15 spare pieces of equipment including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. Atlantis will return to Earth a station crew member, Nicole Stott, who has spent more than two months aboard the orbiting laboratory. STS-129 is slated to be the final space shuttle Expedition crew rotation flight. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

S126-E-012247 (27 Nov. 2008) --- Getting all ten members of an aggregation consisting of seven Endeavour astronauts and three Expedition 18 crewmembers into a single photo wasn't easy as the two crews shared a Thanksgiving meal on the middeck of the orbiter. Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, appears at top center. Clockwise from her position are astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Eric Boe, along with cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, and astronauts Steve Bowen (partially visible behind Lonchakov), Donald Pettit, Michael Fincke, Gregory Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Chris Ferguson (partially visible at top right). Ferguson is STS-126 commander, and Fincke is commander for the station crew.

S99-E-5734 (18 February 2000) --- Astronaut Gerhard P.J. Thiele, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency, takes a meal break from Red Team Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) duties onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

ISS007-E-06446 (7 June 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (left), Expedition 7 mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS008-E-06699 (1 December 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale (foreground), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, and cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, eat a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS007-E-06460 (7 June 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (left), Expedition 7 mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

STS005-45-1821 (11-16 Nov. 1982) --- Astronaut William B. Lenoir, STS-5 mission specialist, takes a break to eat his meal on the space shuttle Columbia. Wet trash stowage bags float freely around him and a fire extinguisher hangs on the wall in front of him. Photo credit: NASA

ISS015-E-18870 (21 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, prepares to eat a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. A bag of food floats freely in the foreground near Kotov.

ISS014-E-09650 (13 Dec. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts Thomas Reiter (left) and Christer Fuglesang; and astronaut Nicholas J. M. Patrick (partially out of frame), all STS-116 mission specialists, share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS012-E-22732 (24 Oct. 2005) --- Astronaut Williams S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (right), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, eat a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS005-E-16295 (4 October 2002) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (right) and cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, both Expedition Five flight engineers, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Treschev represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS007-E-06455 (7 June 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (left), Expedition 7 mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS015-E-08714 (15 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, share a meal near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS007-E-06139 (1 June 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (right), Expedition 7 mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS003-E-08151 (22 November 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson (left), Expedition 3 mission commander, and cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS003-E-08146 (22 November 2001) --- Cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left) and Mikhail Tyurin, both Expedition 3 flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS003-E-08147 (22 November 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left), Expedition 3 flight engineer, and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, mission commander, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS014-E-20132 (April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module. Pictured (left to right) are U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi; astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency.

ISS013-E-82897 (20 Sept. 2006) --- Spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari (left), cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, prepare to eat a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

STS009-003-075 (28 November - 8 December 1983) --- Astronaut John W. Young (left), STS-9 crew commander; and Ulf Merbold, payload specialist, enjoy a meal in the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Merbold is a physicist from the Federal Republic of Germany, representing the European Space Agency (ESA) on this 10-day flight. Many of the nearby stowage lockers are used for clothing and food. The photograph was made with a 35mm camera.

S118-E-09248 (18 Aug. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, prepares to eat a meal at the galley during a farewell ceremony for the STS-118 crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Astronaut Clay Anderson, flight engineer, is visible in the background. Hatches were closed between the station and Space Shuttle Endeavour at 4:10 p.m. on Aug. 18.

ISS020-E-007188 (7 June 2009) --- Expedition 20 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, flight engineer; cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both flight engineers.

ISS013-E-82898 (20 Sept. 2006) --- Spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari (left), cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, prepare to eat a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS035-E-013815 (2 April 2013) --- Expedition 35 crew members enjoy a meal in the Zvezda service module aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station on April 2. From the left are Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko, Canadian astronaut and Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. Not pictured are NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy.

ISS031-E-041675 (18 May 2012) --- Expedition 31 crew members share a meal near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left are Russian cosmonauts Sergei Revin, flight engineer; Oleg Kononenko, commander; and Gennady Padalka, flight engineer; along with NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Don Pettit, both flight engineers. Out of frame is European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer.

ISS020-E-017734 (4 July 2009) --- Expedition 20 crew members share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured (from the left) are cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, flight engineer, and Gennady Padalka, commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, both flight engineers.

S116-E-05407 (11 Dec. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, prepares a meal at the galley on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery.

S128-E-007979 (7 Sept. 2009) --- Crew members onboard the International Space Station share a meal in the Unity node while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left (bottom) are NASA astronauts Rick Sturckow, STS-128 commander; Tim Kopra and Jose Hernandez, both STS-128 mission specialists; along with Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot; and John “Danny” Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist. Pictured from the left (top) are NASA astronaut Nicole Stott (mostly out of frame) and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both Expedition 20 flight engineers; along with NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist.

S128-E-007977 (7 Sept. 2009) --- Crew members onboard the International Space Station share a meal in the Unity node while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left (bottom) are NASA astronauts Rick Sturckow, STS-128 commander; Tim Kopra and Jose Hernandez, both STS-128 mission specialists; along with Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot; and John “Danny” Olivas (mostly out of frame at right), STS-128 mission specialist. Pictured from the left (top, partially out of frame) are NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both Expedition 20 flight engineers; along with NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist.

ISS023-E-023966 (14 April 2010) --- STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Expedition 23 commander; Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov, both Expedition 23 flight engineers; NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot; Clayton Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist; Tracy Caldwell Dyson and T.J. Creamer, both Expedition 23 flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer; and Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist.

S72-41855 (15 June 1972) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT) commander, simulates the preparation of a Skylab meal. Crippen is a member of a three-man crew who will spend up to 56 days in the Crew Systems Division's 20-foot altitude chamber at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) beginning in mid-July to obtain medical data and evaluate medical experiment equipment for Skylab. The two crew members not shown in this view are astronauts Karol J. Bobko, SMEAT pilot, and Dr. William E. Thornton, SMEAT science pilot. Photo credit: NASA

STS007-08-396 (18-24 June 1983) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-7 commander, used a 35mm camera to expose this frame of the four representatives of the "thirty five new guys" onboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. The TFNG (notice Frederick H. Hauck's T-shirt at left) pays tribute to the 1978 astronaut candidate (ASCAN) class of NASA astronauts. Others in the photograph are Astronauts Norman E. Thagard, Sally K. Ride and John M. Fabian. Hauck is the crew's pilot and the other three are mission specialist. The crew members are in the process of preparing a snack of meal. The tall experiment in the background is the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES).

AS17-163-24129 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- A fellow crewman took this photograph of astronaut Eugene A. Cernan eating a meal under weightlessness conditions of space during the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. Also, aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft were astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, and scientist-astronaut Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt, lunar module pilot. Cernan was the mission commander.

ISS026-E-031606 (3 March 2011) --- Expedition 26 and STS-133 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. Pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Steve Bowen, Nicole Stott, both STS-133 mission specialists; Steve Lindsey, STS-133 commander; European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist.

STS79-E-5202 (21 September 1996) --- From the left, astronaut and cosmonaut guest researcher Shannon W. Lucid, cosmonauts Aleksandr Y. Kaleri and Valeri G. Korzun, the Mir-22 crew members, share a meal on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' mid deck, during Flight Day 6. Lucid will bid farewell to the two cosmonauts when she comes back to Earth next week, onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S100-E-5118 (21 April 2001) --- Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield (center) of the Canadian Space Agency and cosmonaut Yuri V. Lonchakov (left) of Rosaviakosmos, are about to be joined by astronaut Scott E. Parazynski (background) as the three STS-100 mission specialists take time on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for a meal. The seven-member STS-100 crew has been busy preparing for its union with the International Space Station (ISS). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS032-03-026 (9 - 20 Jan 1990) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, pilot, having run out of shelf space, uses his mouth to temporarily "park" a spoon during meal time preparations on the mid-deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. He prepares to open a can while a packet of tortillas floats in the foreground. This picture was used by the astronauts at their January 30, 1990 Post Flight Press Conference (PFPC) at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS121-319-021 (4 - 17 July 2006) --- Astronauts Piers J. Sellers, right, and Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency, share a meal on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission. Reiter later joined the Expedition 13 crew aboard the International Space Station, where he'll be performing research and other tasks for the next six months.

STS072-306-004 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Astronauts Brian Duffy (left), mission commander, and Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, team up to prepare a meal on the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s middeck. Duffy is also talking to ground controllers during a television tour of the spacecraft. A locker drawer, complete with pre-packaged food is in the foreground, while various smaller packets of food items are attached to nearby locker doors. Orient photo with socked feet at bottom.

S120-E-008333 (4 Nov. 2007) --- Astronaut George Zamka (right), STS-120 pilot, uses a camera while astronauts Stephanie Wilson (left foreground), European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli (top), both mission specialists; and Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

STS105-308-029 (15 August 2001) --- Astronauts and cosmonauts representing three different crews are just about to share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 mission commander, opens a can of food as he floats near the ceiling. Others from the left are astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer; Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander; Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander; James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineer. Not pictured are Daniel T. Barry, STS-105 mission specialist; Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, STS-105 pilot; Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist; and Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition Three flight engineer. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Usachev represent Rosaviakosmos.

ISS023-E-048816 (19 May 2010) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of STS-132 and Expedition 23 crew members as they share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured in the foreground (left to right) are NASA astronaut Ken Ham, STS-132 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Expedition 23 commander; and Mikhail Kornienko (mostly out of frame), Expedition 23 flight engineer. Pictured in the background are NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli, STS-132 pilot; Piers Sellers, Garrett Reisman and Michael Good, all STS-132 mission specialists; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, both Expedition 23 flight engineers.

ISS004-E-10096 (16 April 2002) --- The Expedition Four and STS-110 crewmembers share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are astronauts Carl E. Walz (partially out of frame), Expedition Four flight engineer; Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission specialist; Michael J. Bloomfield, STS-110 mission commander; Jerry L. Ross, Lee M. E. Morin, Steven L. Smith, all STS-110 mission specialists; and Stephen N. Frick, STS-110 pilot. The remainders of the crews were out of frame.

S114-E-5575 (28 July 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips (right edge of frame), NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 11, serves as obliging co-host for members of the STS-114 crew during their first shared meal onboard the orbiting outpost. From the left are astronauts Charles J. Camarda, mission specialist; Eileen M. Collins, commander; and James M. Kelly, pilot. Kelly, like many astronauts before him, has discovered that a tortilla makes for better sandwich-building than other type breads which are prone to creating troublesome crumbs in the weightless environment.

S129-E-008219 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (right), Expedition 21 commander; NASA astronauts Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer; Robert L. Satcher Jr. (partially out of frame at left), STS-129 mission specialist; and Barry E. Wilmore (top left), STS-129 pilot.

This image taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows in unprecedented detail the galaxy Centaurus A last big meal: a spiral galaxy seemingly twisted into a parallelogram-shaped structure of dust.

S129-E-007964 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (center), STS-129 commander; along with NASA astronauts Mike Foreman (left) and Randy Bresnik, both STS-129 mission specialists.

S116-E-05265 (10 Dec. 2006) --- Astronauts Joan E. Higginbotham (foreground) and Sunita L. Williams, both STS-116 mission specialists, prepare to eat a meal on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery. Williams will join the Expedition 14 crew as flight engineer after she enters the International Space Station. Docking of the two spacecraft will occur on Dec. 11.

STS099-312-002 (11-22 February 2000) ---Astronauts Mamoru Mohri (left), Janice E. Voss, and Dominic L. Gorie, members of the Blue Team portion of 24-hour Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) support, prepare for a meal on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mohri represents Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA).