Three astronauts aboard the International Space Station enjoyed a tasty meal prepared by a group of culinary students from Phoebus High School in Hampton.
The team’s dish of spicy Jamaican rice and beans with coconut milk won the 2015 High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) Culinary Challenge.
The students competed against six other high school teams last year during a visit to the Space Food Systems Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The entree launched to the International Space Station this past APril on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
“We wanted to thank the HUNCH team for being able to develop such a great recipe and get it on the space station,” says Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra in a video message to the students. “We just want to let you know that we really enjoy it and congratulations again.”
Flight engineers Jeff Williams and Tim Peake also enjoyed the meal.
