Elon Musk hires very famous chef to cook for future SpaceX flight

ELON Musk’s SpaceX rocket will be sending some delicious meals to the International Space Station courtesy of a celebrity chef.

Famous Spanish chef José Andrés is partnering with Axiom Space, which organises private space flights for very rich tourists.

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According to Food & Wine, the space menu is mostly made up of Spanish dishes including paella.

The food will be sent to the ISS this spring at the same time as a private flight.

The first all private crewed mission to the ISS should take place sometime next month.

Four lucky people make up the private crew and they’ll spend eight days on the ISS.

Nasa veteran Michael López-Alegría will be the commander on the upcoming launch.

He’s also a friend of Andrés.

Andrés told Food & Wine: “Before I began dreaming of feeling people in a space, I dreamt of feeding people underwater, like Jules Verne.

“So I think feeding people for me is the ultimate challenge, especially in the edges of the known world.”

Astronauts will eat the planned paella together as if it’s a “family meal”.

Although the meal will be a treat, Nasa makes sure its astronauts always have plenty of food on the ISS.

This includes desserts and condiments like ketchup and mustard.

Andrés told Food & Wine: “The difficulty is NASA has done this very well over the years.

“They’ve done many dishes. And the question was can we come with something different, something new? Can we push the envelope a little bit more?”