Dinner in a Tube
Detail from the Mir space station dining table, 1986
Cosmonaut crews sat around and above this table to eat and work. Compartments contained different types of food, and heaters to warm them. In the centre there is a powerful vacuum pump to prevent crumbs from floating away and clogging vital systems.
[Science Museum]
Taken from the Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition at the Science Museum (September 2015 to March 2016).
Dinner in a Tube
Detail from the Mir space station dining table, 1986
Cosmonaut crews sat around and above this table to eat and work. Compartments contained different types of food, and heaters to warm them. In the centre there is a powerful vacuum pump to prevent crumbs from floating away and clogging vital systems.
[Science Museum]
Taken from the Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition at the Science Museum (September 2015 to March 2016).