Eat like an astronaut with these common foods

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A food scientist with the JSC Space Food Systems Laboratory cooks with fresh vegetables.

Astronauts on board the International Space Station get most of their nutrition from pre-cooked meals that NASA's Science Food Lab at Johnson Space Center prepares from fresh ingredients.

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However, there are some classic pre-packaged snacks - available in just about any grocery store in America - that NASA sends up to remind astronauts of home.

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics compiled a list of some of these house-hold favorites, 9 of which we pulled for this post to show how you can eat like an astronaut.