What was the First Food Eaten in Space?
                                
                                
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                                In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history by becoming the first person to eat in space during the Vostok 1 mission. He consumed a meal of beef and liver paste from a tube, proving that eating was possible in microgravity.