Yuri Gagarin, who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in 108 minutes in 1961, became the first human in space. Of course, the astronaut could have completed his journey without eating anything in these 108 minutes, but if an adverse situation had developed and If his journey had lasted longer, he would have needed something to eat.

Based on this idea, scientists How eating in space would affect Yuri Gagarin To test it, he made a choice that many of us had not thought of.

Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok 1 space capsule was filled with 13 days’ worth of supplies in case any side effects occurred.

One of these possibilities was that the retroket failed and had to wait to return to Earth due to natural orbital decay. But in fact this situation It was a unique opportunity to test food in space.

Because scientists doubted whether basic functions such as chewing and swallowing were possible in microgravity Gagarin should not have eaten anything that had crumbs in it.

So the solution was to make a paste of the food and put it in a tube, similar to metal toothpaste, and Gagarin consumed the food in this way.

Beef and liver puree made into paste, These were the foods that Yuri Gagarin consumed during the trip. After these two tubes, which served as a main course, he had a tube of chocolate sauce for dessert.

Scientists of that time Because he didn’t know the effect of microgravity on humans Still, they expected something to go wrong with Gagarin’s digestive system.

However, what was expected did not happen and Yuri Gagarin It proved that eating in space wouldn’t cause any problems.

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