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Teens Invent Space Food

  • July 15, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

In 2011, Endeavour astronauts ate nutrition bars created by Michigan teens Mikayla and Shannon Diesch. The girls balanced NASA’s strict guidelines for calorie and water content with their own goal: to make a flavorful snack, because microgravity impairs the sense of taste.

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