Clayton C. Anderson :
The International Space Station ( ISS ) does not really have a " kitchen " as many of us here on Earth might interrelate to . But , there is an arena called the " galley " which suffice the purpose of allowing for solid food preparation and consumption . I believe the term " caboose " comes from the armed services , and it was used specifically in the space shuttle program . I guess it carry over to the ISS .
The Russian section had the ONLY galley when I flew in 2007 . There was a mesa for three , and the cookhouse consist of a water system — allowing us to hydrate our intellectual nourishment packages ( as ask ) with lovesome ( tepid ) or hot ( extremely ) water system — and a solid food warmer . The food warmer designed by the Russians was rigorously used for their rear end of food ( about the size of it of a can of big cat nutrient in America ) . The U.S. developed a second food tender ( shaped like a briefcase ) that we could utilise to heat the more " flexibly packaged " foodstuffs ( packets ) sent from America .
Later in the ISS lifetime , a second galley orbit was provided in the U.S. segment . It is positioned in Node 1 ( Unity ) and a mesa is also useable there for the astronauts ' dining pleasure . Apparently , it was added because of the increase crew sizing experienced these days ( 6 ) , to have more option . During my brief sojourn to ISS in 2010 ( 12 days or so ) as a Discovery crewmember , I found the mealtimes to be much more unintegrated than when I spent five months on table . The Russians eat in the Russian section . The shuttle spaceman eat in the shuttle . The U.S. ISS astronauts ate in Node 1 , but often at totally different times . While we did have a combined dinner in Node 1 during STS-131 ( with the Expedition 23 crew ) , this is one of the perceived negative of the " multiple - galley " scenario . My foresighted length stint on ISS was spotlight by the fact that Fyodor Yurchikhin , Oleg Kotov , and I had every single meal together . The family we — or at least I — experienced during those meal is something I will never , ever forget . We laughed , we argued , we celebrated , we mourned … , all around our zero - graveness " dinner table . " awing stuff !
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Clayton " Astro Clay " Anderson is an spaceman , motivational verbaliser , source , and STEAM education pleader .
