Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station orbiting the Earth have enjoyed humanity's first-ever barbecue in space. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

While developing food that can be conveniently stored and eaten is space became a priority as humanity took longer missions into our Solar System, so far astronaut and cosmonaut menus have been somewhat restricted. The first person to eat in space was also the first person in space; Yuri Gagarin. It wasn't the most appetizing of meals, consisting of a tube of beef and liver paste, with a chocolate sauce for pudding.

"John Glenn, America’s first man to eat anything in the near-weightless environment of Earth orbit, found the task of eating fairly easy, but the me

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