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Many foods are associated with a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner. But what do you suppose would be on the menu for Thanksgiving in space? Would you have to squeeze turkey paste out of a tube and get gelatin-covered dessert cubes? No. Food has improved since the early days of space flight.

Thanksgiving in Space

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Here's a Thanksgiving message from the ISS. Four American astronauts tell us about what Thanksgiving means to them. And with the assistance of their French colleague, we see something of what will be on the menu.

The current crew on the International Space Station comprises NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Victor Glover; JAXA's Solchi Noguchi and Akihiko Hoshide; the European Space Agency's Thomas Pesquet; and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov.

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Here's a video that isn't specifically about a Thanksgiving meal, but it is about eating in space.

It features Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who was on the International Space Station, mythbusters Jamie and Adam, and a celebrity chef. Testing gourmet space food is an interesting and amusing video and gives an insight into what it's like to eat in microgravity. Judging by the last scene in the video, it can be a lot of fun.

WARNING: Don't try this at home!