It’s Dinner Time on the Space Station. Lobster or Beef Bourguignon?

Earth’s gastronomical delights are being adapted to life in orbit.

A French astronaut who leaves Earth these days does not leave French food behind. On Friday morning, Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut with the European Space Agency, is to launch on a SpaceX rocket with three other astronauts to the International Space Station. Here are some of the foods that Mr. Pesquet will enjoy during his six-month stay in orbit: lobster, beef bourguignon, cod with black rice, potato cakes with wild mushrooms and almond tarts with caramelized pears.