Blast off! The space shuttle Discovery took off this morning around 6:20AM from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, located in Florida. The team is going to spend 13 days in space, on their mission to the International Space Station.

That’s great and all, but let’s get to the good stuff: the food they ate! While on the WriteStuff blog, we found found this gem, detailing what the crew ate as their last ‘Earth meal’:

Commander Alan Poindexter feasted on a turkey and swiss sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce and tomato, a small pear romaine salad and potato chips. Pilot James Dutton chose an identical meal, save a change in cheese – Dutton went with provolone cheese.

Mission specialist one Rick Mastracchio ate a BLT on wheat bread with a small tossed salad, creamy Italian dressing and potato chips. Mission specialist two Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger decided on a large pear romaine salad, while mission specialist three Stephanie Wilson ate trout with lemon wedges and steamed carrots. Mission specialist Naoko Yamazaki had turkey with lettuce and tomato on wheat bread, a small pear romaine salad and potato chips. Last but not least, mission specialist five Clay Anderson had roast beef with lettuce and tomato on wheat bread and a side of potato chips.

During their 13-day mission, the STS-131 crew has a meticulously planned menu of foods balanced not only for taste but physical performance in space as well. Astronauts participating in EVAs take extra snacks such as Clif Bars to provide energy for the physically-demanding task[s].

But “space food” isn’t just about dehydrated strawberries and Neopolitan ice cream. They don’t eat space dots in space either. Some of the crew’s food choices this mission include chicken fajitas, BBQ beef brisket, chocolate pudding cake, seafood gumbo, tomato basil soup and cherry blueberry cobbler.

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