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Tasting by astronauts
Japanese space foods to be loaded will be selected based on the result of food tasting sessions for assigned astronauts to the ISS long-stay missions. Selected foods will be loaded on spacecraft※ for transporting cargoes to the ISS at timings of these astronauts' long-stay missions.
Below is an outline of the process until selection of Japanese space foods to be loaded and transported on spacecraft.
※ Japanese H-II transfer vehicle (HTV) "KOUNOTORI", U.S. commercial cargo transport spacecraft, etc
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