Artemis II crew reveals what snack they ate right after splashdown

Even though times person changed since the aboriginal days of dehydrated crystal cream, astronaut nutrient is notoriously bland. It's besides designed not to person crumbs, since they could interval astir each implicit the capsule.

But candy isn't a problem.

When the Artemis II crew returned to Earth, the archetypal happening they ate — earlier they were rescued from their capsule — was peanut M&Ms, commandant Reid Wiseman said Friday during a "CBS Mornings" municipality hall, "Artemis II: A Celebration of Heroes." Wiseman and chap astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen answered questions from students astir their historic mission astatine the event.

"When we landed, we splashed down into the Pacific Ocean, waiting for the rescue forces to travel unfastened the hatch, and Christina, retired of her spacesuit pocket, goes, 'I got immoderate peanut M&Ms, anybody privation some?'" Wiseman said, making the unit and the kids astatine the municipality hallway laugh. "And truthful we're leaning against the broadside of the spacecraft, conscionable travel backmost from the moon, eating peanut M&Ms; we were happy." 

It wasn't the lone clip nutrient came up arsenic a talking constituent connected the abstraction flight. 

People backmost connected Earth couldn't assistance but announcement a jar of Nutella floating done the capsule conscionable minutes earlier the 4 astronauts acceptable the grounds for the farthest immoderate quality has ever traveled from Earth. 

The jar was seen floating conscionable down Koch's caput successful the shot.

NASA confirmed the infinitesimal was decidedly not merchandise placement, but Nutella's owner, the Ferrero Group, inactive enjoyed basking successful the (moon) glow.

"Honored to person traveled further than immoderate dispersed successful past 🚀 Taking spreading smiles to caller heights," the institution wrote connected X, adding, "We've traveled to a batch of meal tables. Never immoderate rather similar this."

Eating successful space

As it turns out, the unit said the nutrient wasn't truthful atrocious connected the mission.

Wiseman said the unit enjoyed speaking with the squad connected the International Space Station connected their mode backmost to Earth for a precise circumstantial reason.

"On formation Day 7, we had a nexus up with the International Space Station," helium said. "It was 1 of our favourite days and the champion portion astir that full telephone was we were each eating the aforesaid food."

Asked what nutrient they enjoyed connected the trip, Wiseman and Glover excitedly listed disconnected spicy greenish beans, broccoli au gratin and fajitas among the repast options.

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