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Now serving microgravity gourmet.-Watch Chinese astronauts enjoy '1st ever space BBQ' from Tiangong's brand-new oven (vi
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/watch-chinese-astronauts-enjoy-1st-ever-space-bbq-from-tiangongs-brand-new-oven-videoSnip-"A new oven delivered to Tiangong has been put to quick work by the six people currently living aboard the outpost, the astronauts of the Shenzhou 20 and Shenzhou 21 missions.
In a video released by the Astronaut Center of China (ACC), the space station crew is seen securing a set of chicken wings in a specially made grill cage and placing it in a small, cabinet-like compartment in the space station's wall.
Snip-The oven not only serves as a powerful technology demonstration for the microgravity microwave (which actually functions more like an air fryer), but it also provides a welcome flavor of home for the astronauts living aboard the station."
Snip-"According to the ACC, the oven operates without stressing Tiangong's power grid and is designed to provide consistent and smokeless baking conditions in the station's microgravity environment. Such conditions are necessary aboard orbital outposts like Tiangong and the International Space Station (ISS), which rely on strictly maintained life support systems and rigorous fire safety protocols"
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