---
title: "Here’s What’s on the Space Station’s Thanksgiving Menu"
description: "The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may be far from home, but that doesn't mean they'll miss out on Thanksgiving dinner."
date: "2019-11-28"
modified: "2019-11-28"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/iss-thanksgiving-menu"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "international space station"
  - "NASA"
  - "thanksgiving"
  - "the digest"
---

# Here’s What’s on the Space Station’s Thanksgiving Menu

![The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may be far from home, but that doesn't mean they'll miss out on Thanksgiving dinner.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/space-station-thanksgiving-menu.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Microgravity Grub

On Monday, the International Space Station's official Twitter account [shared a video](<https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1199055403650142209>) of the three NASA astronauts onboard talking about what Thanksgiving means to them — and sharing their plans for the best meal of the year.

"When we think of Thanksgiving, we think of friends, family, and food," astronaut Andrew Morgan said in the video — before getting into the nitty gritty of the crew's planned menu.

## Pouches Aplenty

When you're floating 408 kilometers (254 miles) above Earth's surface, you can't exactly make a trip to the grocery store for a Butterball and bagged stuffing. For that reason, the ISS astronauts' Thanksgiving meal will include smoked turkey, cornbread dressing, green beans, potatoes, and macaroni and cheese — all from pouches.

But just like many of us here on Earth, they'll also be eating at least one thing from a can: jellied cranberry sauce.

"It's gotta stay in the shape of the can after you open it up," Morgan said, confirming his status as a true American.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1199055403650142209

## Best for Last

Of course, you can't have Thanksgiving without dessert, so after they pound all the food in those pouches, the ISS astronauts will enjoy a "cran-apple dessert" — and maybe even a creative reimagining of a Thanksgiving staple.

"We were also coming up with some idea of how we could create our own pumpkin pie," astronaut Christine Koch said in the video, "maybe with a little bit of cookies stuffed in the pouch of candied yams."

Oh yeah, the menu will include candied yams in a pouch, too.

**READ MORE:** [Space Stuffing? Here's What Astronauts Will Eat in Orbit This Thanksgiving](<https://www.space.com/thanksgiving-in-space-astronaut-menu-2019.html>) \[*Space.com*\]

**More on Thanksgiving:** *[A Wearable Robot Arm Makes You Work for Thanksgiving Leftovers](<https://futurism.com/semi-autonomous-robot-arm-thanksgiving-dinner>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)