Eat like an astronaut with these common foods

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.

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.

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Whoppers are relatively light weight, making them an ideal space food. Astronauts also say they're great for target practice. (SpaceX offers one of the cheapest cargo rides to space, but it still costs on average $2,500 per pound, so the lighter the better.)

Source: Smithsonian Air & Space and AIAA

Plain and peanut M&Ms are another favorite because the hard candy shell makes them unlikely to crumble and leave a floating mess. Astronauts also enjoy using them for educational demonstration videos.

Source: Smithsonian

There are no refrigerators on the ISS, but astronauts still occasionally get fresh produce like oranges, tomatoes, and bananas, which NASA sends on board cargo missions.

Source: Spaceflight.nasa.org