When Atlantis—which launched for a final time earlier today—returns to Earth in a couple of weeks, NASA will retire its shuttle program. Are you feeling nostalgic? Let's take a look back at some of the great traditions of astronaut food, which will certainly continue as we enter the era of deep-space exploration. Click through for some of our favorite "future foods", but first, some fun facts:
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From Urine Water To Astronaut Ice Cream: A Look Back At How The Shuttle Program Changed Food
Flashback: Apollo 11 Ticker Tape Parade
The folks at Inside the Apple remind us that today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 ticker tape parade (following the moon landing on July 20th, 1969). The parade was for for Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins, and "at the time, many claimed it was the largest ticker tape parade New York had ever seen. Though they note this claim is impossible to verify, there were around 4 million in attendance.
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