{"id":614408,"date":"2024-01-14T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=stem-content&p=614408"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:44:28","slug":"surprisingly-stem-space-food-scientist","status":"publish","type":"stem-content","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/surprisingly-stem-space-food-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprisingly STEM: Space Food Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA space food scientist Xulei Wu dishes on what considerations go into preparing food for the astronauts on the International Space Station. Learn how Wu trains astronauts for dining in space and what solutions she and the other food scientists have cooked up to meet the challenges of eating in a microgravity environment.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly STEM is a video series that highlights exciting and unexpected careers at NASA. 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