Kitchen technology has reached new heights. So far, astronauts on the International Space Station     1    (make)the universe’s first space-baked cookies. They are     2     very first kind of food to be baked in space from raw ingredients. The astronauts said     3    (eat) freshly baked food will make them happy while on the space station. It will be a comforting     4    (remind) of home. This will be important for astronauts going to the moon or on the long journey to Mars.

Baking the space cookies once     5    (think) extremely difficult. On Earth, cookies take about 20 minutes     6    (bake) in an oven heated to 150 degrees Celsius(302 degrees Fahrenheit). That was not long enough in space. The first cookie came out     7    (total) undercooked.

The space bakers turned     8    the oven’s temperature and baked the dough for     9    (long)until they were successful. The fifth cookie they made took 130 minutes to bake. The space-baked cookies are now in a laboratory in Houston, Texas. Scientists will test them to see     10     they are safe to eat.