Space Journal: Entry 5

新華社太空特約記者 ?景海鵬

By Xinhua special correspondent Jing Haipeng

天宮二號(hào)，2016年11月4日

Aboard Tiangong-2, November 4, 2016

大家好，我是新華社太空特約記者、航天員景海鵬。11月7日是新華社建社85周年，神舟十一號(hào)飛行乘組在太空向全社的同志們問(wèn)好，向全社的同志們致以最美好的祝愿和祝福！

Hello, everyone. I am the Xinhua space correspondent. The Shenzhou-11 crew would like to extend our greetings and best wishes to all Xinhua staff as the Xinhua News Agency marks its 85th founding anniversary on Nov. 7.

今天（11月4日）是進(jìn)入天宮二號(hào)的第十七天，很多人關(guān)心我們?cè)谔盏幕锸吃趺礃樱裉炀秃痛蠹抑v一講。

Today is Nov. 4, my 17th day onboard Tiangong-2. Since many people are curious about what we eat in space, today, I would like to tell you about this.

說(shuō)到航天食品，大家可能會(huì)覺(jué)得特別單調(diào)，口感也不好，其實(shí)并不是這樣。先說(shuō)說(shuō)我們今天吃的東西：早餐有粳米粥、椰蓉面包、五香鵪鶉蛋、醬香芥菜等，總共7種食品；中午有8種，包括什錦炒飯、肉絲炒面、土豆牛肉、紫菜蛋花湯等；晚上有8種，有綠豆炒面、牛肉米粉、蝦仁雞蛋、什錦罐頭等；加餐有5種，包括麻辣豬肉、蟹黃蠶豆、香辣豆干等。怎么樣，夠豐富吧？

Speaking of space food, many think that it lacks variety and tastes bad. However, this is not true. Let me tell you what we had today. In the morning, we ate seven types of food, including porridge, coconut bread, quail eggs and pickles. We had eight choices at lunch, including mixed fried rice, fried noodles with meat, stewed beef with potato and nori and egg soup. There were eight dishes at dinner, including fried noodles with beans, rice noodles with beef, fried shrimp with egg as well as canned fruits. Besides, there were five kinds of snacks, such as spicy pork, fried beans and dried bean curd. That’s quite a lot choice, isn’t it?

不同飛行階段，吃的東西也不同。剛?cè)胲墪r(shí)，我們就會(huì)吃清淡些，這樣更容易消化。目前在組合體飛行階段，我們的食譜是五天一循環(huán)，包括主食、副食、即食、飲品、調(diào)味品、功能食品等6大類(lèi)近100種食品。

We actually eat different kinds of food in different stages of flight. When just entering into orbit, we eat something light as it is easy for digestion. Currently, our daily menus repeat every five days, which cover six classes of food with nearly 100 kinds of dish, including staple food, side dishes, beverages and functional food.

我們不僅吃得豐富，甚至還可以“挑挑食”，在一個(gè)食品周期之內(nèi)，可以同類(lèi)替換。因?yàn)槲抑吧线^(guò)兩次太空，所以在前期制定食譜時(shí)，科研人員征求過(guò)我的意見(jiàn)。吃了這么多天，我覺(jué)得比前兩次選擇更多、味道更好。就是說(shuō)，這次帶上來(lái)的食品，本身就是我和陳冬愛(ài)吃的，所以根本不會(huì)感到單調(diào)。

We are even allowed to be “picky” about what we eat. Within a cycle of five days, we can change the order of dishes in the same class. Because I have been in space twice before, researchers asked my opinions when planning the menus. After all those days in space, I think the space food this time is more varied and better than my last two trips. That is to say, Chen Dong and I have brought the food what we like eating, so we don’t get bored at all.

對(duì)美食的追求是無(wú)止境的。陳冬兄弟是河南人，這次工作人員專(zhuān)門(mén)準(zhǔn)備了一些河南面食。本次任務(wù)期間主食還包括八寶飯、什錦炒飯、玉米粥、米糕、面包等等。

The pursuit of delicacies is endless. Knowing Chen comes from Henan Province, the staff prepared some cooked wheat food popular in Henan for him. During this mission, we have had various kinds of staple food, such as rice pudding, mixed fried rice, maize porridge, rice cake and bread.

副食也很豐富，有黑椒牛柳、紅燴豬排、叉燒雞肉、什錦蔬菜等。與前幾次相比，我們能吃到更多蔬菜了，如紅椒裙帶菜、牛蒡胡蘿卜等，可以提高膳食纖維攝入量。我們還第一次在太空吃到了貢菜。

We also have black pepper beef, stewed pork chops, baked chicken, mixed vegetables and many other dishes. Compared with my last two missions, we have more vegetables, such as red pepper, edible seaweed, carrot and burdock, which provides us with more sources of dietary fiber.

這次我在太空過(guò)50歲生日，他們還給了我一個(gè)驚喜，準(zhǔn)備了兩個(gè)罐頭裝的奶酪蛋糕。雖然只有巴掌大小，但讓我和陳冬感到很溫暖。

The staff surprised us by preparing two canned cheese cakes to celebrate my 50th birthday in space. It was really sweet, even though the cake was just the size of my palm.

除了一日三餐，我們還有許多點(diǎn)心和夜宵來(lái)補(bǔ)充能量。這些主要是即食型肉類(lèi)、餅干面包等烘焙食品、糖果乳制品等小零食，品種非常多。

In addition to the main three meals, we can have various kinds of dessert and snacks to replenish our energy, such as ready-to-eat meat, cookies, bread, candies and diary products.

北京第一實(shí)驗(yàn)小學(xué)的鐘繹如小朋友在新華社客戶(hù)端上提問(wèn)，在太空怎么喝水，在太空住這么久帶的水夠喝嗎？我想告訴他，在太空要用吸管喝水，防止水珠飄起來(lái)。我們不僅帶夠了水，還帶了各種飲料。更了不起的是，這次在太空中，我們還能自己泡茶喝，這在前幾次飛行中是沒(méi)有的，其他國(guó)家的航天員也很少這樣做。

Zhong Jiangru, a pupil from the Beijing First Experiment Primary School, asked a question on the Xinhua app: how do we drink water in space and do we have enough water for such a long trip? I want to tell him that we use straws to avoid water floating in space. We not only have enough water, but also different kinds of beverages. The most amazing part is that we even made tea, the first time in our space missions. Astronauts in other countries seldom do that.

茶葉包分為紅茶和綠茶兩種。每個(gè)茶包兩克，裝在特制的包裝袋中，注水后完成復(fù)水，然后通過(guò)加熱器進(jìn)行加熱。每個(gè)茶包可以泡四五次，我和陳冬基本天天都要泡茶喝。

飲品還有各類(lèi)果汁和菜湯。這次湯的種類(lèi)更多了，有紫菜湯、菠菜湯、裙帶菜湯、西紅柿蛋花湯、野菌芙蓉湯等。另外，還有防止產(chǎn)生油膩感的去膩茶和暖胃的“溫胃飲”等功能食品。

We have juice too. There are many varieties of soup, including nori, spinach, edible seaweed, tomato, egg as well as mushroom. Besides, we are also provided with a special beverage that is better for the stomach.

前幾次調(diào)味品以咸辣為主，這次我們甜酸咸辣樣樣都有。甜味的就是蜂蜜，裝在管里，需要抹在面包上時(shí)再擠出來(lái)。工作人員還把我老家山西的陳醋用小袋子分裝好，帶上了太空，這是我第一次在太空吃到家鄉(xiāng)的醋。調(diào)味品的種類(lèi)也非常多，有豆瓣醬、麻辣醬、甜辣醬、香辣醬等。

In past missions, condiments were mainly salty and spicy. However, this time we have something sweet and sour. Honey is filled in tubes, which is convenient for us to squeeze and put on bread. Small bags of vinegar from Shanxi, which is my home province, were brought into space too. It is my first time to have a taste of the vinegar from my home in space. And there are different kinds of sauces, including bean sauce, spicy sauce and sweet chili sauce.

感謝大家對(duì)我們的關(guān)心。我們的太空之旅已經(jīng)過(guò)半，后續(xù)發(fā)現(xiàn)有趣的東西，再和你們分享。

Thank all of you for caring about us. Less than half of the journey is left. We will share more with you when we find something new and fun on the rest of the mission.