Uber Eats has made its first ever food delivery to space. Uber teamed up with Japanese entrepreneur and delivery fan, Yusaku Maezawa, to hand deliver beloved ready-to-eat canned Japanese dishes to the astronauts at the International Space Station. The delivery was made on December 11 at 9:40am EST having traveled 248 miles and 8 hours and 34 minutes since Maezawa’s departure from Earth.
I just delivered some delicious food. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to handle the first food delivery to space.
Yusaku Maezawa, Uber Eats delivery fan
With dishes including boiled mackerel in miso, beef bowl cooked in sweet sauce, simmered chicken with bamboo shoots, and braised pork, Uber Eats and Maezawa treated the astronauts to a meal that was a welcome break from standard space food. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement that, “one small handoff for Yusaku Maezawa, one giant delivery for Uber Eats.”
Our goal is to help people go anywhere and get anything, so we’re proud to serve the astronauts at the International Space Station.
Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber CEO
According to the Associated Press (AP), Maezawa served as the delivery person eight hours and 34 minutes into his 12-day orbit in space. He delivered canned Japanese food. Maezawa hasn’t revealed the exact sum he paid for the 12-day journey. He told the AP, however, that it had been “pretty much” $80 million.
Russian actor Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko spent 12 days on the station to make the world’s first movie in orbit, the AP reports. It is a project sponsored by Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos to help boost the country’s achievements in space.
