Astronaut Makes Sushi in Space

By Tariq Malik
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Astronaut Makes Sushi in Space
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi proudly displays his space sushi, the first hand-rolled sushi in space, which he made on Feb. 24, 2010 during a televised interview with Fuji TV. (Image credit: NASA TV)

Houston, we have space

Japanese astronaut Soichi

In a demonstration, Noguchi

"The first hand-rolled

Noguchi made the sushi

"You have a gourmet

Food in

But since astronauts live in

Noguchi has lived aboard the

Noguchi did not mention if

One astronaut, American

NASA's chief astronaut Peggy

Astronaut Don Pettit, also

In addition to cooking in

He also has a reputation as

It was Noguchi who sent the

But this week was all about

"For you, bon appétit!"

Then he ate it himself.

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Tariq Malik
Tariq Malik
Editor-in-Chief

Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award (opens in new tab) for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast (opens in new tab) with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network (opens in new tab). To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik (opens in new tab).