June 1, 2011
Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. joins astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander, for mealtime on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Thornton is about to open a packet of strawberries, while a can of vanilla pudding floats before her. Sacco is about to grab a spoonful of rice pilaf while holding a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on a tortilla. The two were joined by five other crew members in support of 16-days' in-space research in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission.
Topics: Human spaceflight, Food and drink, Space exploration, Albert Sacco, Kathryn C. Thornton, Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Tortilla, payload specialist, Space Shuttle Columbia