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November 5, 2025
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Chinese astronauts savor grilled chicken and beef in space

Chinese astronauts savor grilled chicken and beef in space

Six Chinese astronauts have extended the nation's famous gastronomic pursuit to the Earth's orbit and become the first humans to not only grill chicken and meat in outer space but also eat them...

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Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station have become the first humans to grill and eat chicken and beef in outer space, utilizing a specially designed oven.

  • Six astronauts from the Shenzhou XXI and Shenzhou XX missions prepared grilled chicken wings and black pepper beef steaks.
  • Spaceflight engineer Major Wu Fei and mission commander Senior Colonel Zhang Lu were prominently featured in a video documenting the cooking process.
  • The oven, developed by the Astronaut Center of China, is the world's first for cooking meals in space, overcoming challenges like convection and fume handling.

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