Kimchi, a spicy vegetable dish usually made of fermented cabbage, red peppers, and garlic, was taken into orbit.

South Koreans are now counting the days to their country's historic first astronaut in space, set to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on 8 April.

The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a South Korean woman has headed into orbit, and it will also be the first time that "kimchi" - that spicy, garlicky cabbage dish that epitomizes South Korea - will be served at the zero-gravity dinner table. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin headed to the high-tech kitchen where kimchi was getting a pre-launch makeover.