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Like many people this year, the astronauts\h
on the International Space Station can't\h\h

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gather with their families. But they\h
can still enjoy a holiday meal. (food!)\h\h

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That's right, but their zero-g holiday meals\h
start out a bit different from ours here on Earth.\h\h

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We head out to the grocery store and load\h
up. Astronaut meals, on the other hand,\h\h

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begin at NASA's Johnson Space Center. A typical\h
Thanksgiving dinner of smoked turkey, cornbread,\h\h

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stuffing, green beans, yams, and mashed potatoes\h
are first prepared and then thermal stabilized or\h\h

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freeze-dried. These meals are then packed into\h
special cargo vehicles bound for space. Once\h\h

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on board the station, the food packets are put\h
into a rehydration station, and in a few minutes,\h\h

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a hot delicious Thanksgiving dinner is ready to\h
enjoy. So whether your food is floating out in\h\h