蜜芽传媒

Prior to the launch of the International Space Station, the Chief of Life Support Systems Mark Gliss describes the diet of the astronauts and the potential for growing food in space.

Originally broadcast 22 August, 1997

(Photo: Caption: Astronaut C. Michael Foale, wearing Mir communications systems headset onboard Russia's Mir Space Station's Base Block, is pictured with fruit from STS-86 crew. On August 28, 1999 after 13 1/2 years, more than 77,000 loops around the earth and 1,600 breakdowns, Mir bid farewell to its last full-time crew and embark on a tragic trajectory to fall to earth. Credit: NASA)