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A meal is not a meal unless there’s soup. That's the Russian space program’s concept for space lunches and dinners. NASA has always included a few soups on the menu to provide space crews with some extra menu variety. However, when NASA’s food specialists began working with the Russian food specialists to develop menus for missions to the Mir space station, soups became a priority.
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Bourland, C.T., Vogt, G.L. (2009). Soups and Salads. In: The Astronaut's Cookbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0624-3_4
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