UP, UP AND AWAY

TOFU STIR FRY, TWO CUPS OF broccoli, one cup brown rice. 0% yogurt, one grapefruit. Thirty baby carrots, 4 tsp hummus.

No, this isn’t the preholiday diet from hell, but a typical day’s food for Emma Green, an astronaut played with trademark intensity by Hilary Swank in Netflix’s new 10episode drama series Away. At least, that’s what she eats when she’s earthbound. Up there, it’s a lot worse…

SFX is having a nosey around Emma’s tasteful family home (actually an elaborate set in Vancouver), opening drawers to examine cutlery, and picking up and playing with space-themed ornaments.

“Lex, money for pizza on fridge” is scrawled across a blackboard; naturally, we head to the fridge, where we find no money, but rather the meal plan in question, pinned under a family photo just as it might be in any kitchen. We’re in pain just looking at it.

Have you ever imagined life as an astronaut? Wondered what it – inspired by a 2015 article of the same name, about astronaut Scott Kelly’s yearlong stay on the International Space Station, as the first step towards a human expedition to Mars.