This is what it's like to travel in space

Space travel is something reserved purely for astronauts — which I guess is what makes it so fascinating.

But you can’t help but wonder: ‘What is it like to float all day?’ and ‘how do astronauts eat?’

Then there’s the most mind boggling one of them all: ‘Just how do they pee in zero gravity?’

While intergalactic travelling is still a long way off, a company in the US is making it that bit more accessible by offering up a few spaces on a zero-gravity flight (the same used for astronaut training) each month.

So, when I was invited to try the weightless experience with Kellogg’s cereal — in order to try eating brekkie, their new Crunchy Nut Granola, at zero gravity, naturally — I couldn’t resist.

Joining the Crunchy Nut Crew was my chance to answer all the burning space related questions we’re just dying to know the answers to. Just call me Neil Armstrong.

My G-Force One flight departed from Las Vegas, but before take-off I had to go through some pretty intense safety briefs.

Afterwards, I was kitted out with some Top Gun style overalls, and to complete the look I donned a pair of Aviator sunnies.

Now I was ready to go.

Inside the specially modified Boeing 727, I was amazed how much it looked like a spaceship. Not that I’ve ever been on one, but ya know, it’s how I imagined it in my head.

The instructor — who has taken some pretty well-known names, such as Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban up into ‘space’ — then explained exactly how the weightlessness happened.

Which, considering we weren’t actually leaving the earth’s atmosphere, was quite an achievement.

It was all very science-y for my brain, but essentially the plane does some hectic aerobatic manoeuvres whilst in the sky.

I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t really too excited about the fact we were going to fly upwards at a very high speed, only to shoot back down again, in order to create the space-like sensation.

But if our gal Nic could do it, then I’d bloody well try.

Slightly panic stricken, I decided to ask my first important question. After all, this was why I was on a mission into outer space.

“Urrm, how do we pee if we’ve got to go during the flight?” I said.

Turns out, having a whizz at zero gravity is not sexy.

“Ideally you won’t need to go during the experience,” she replied. “But if you do, it’ll have to be into a plastic bag.”

Yeah, I think I’ll pass.

After flying for 30 minutes to get to the special strip of air where they let us do crazy things with the plane, (gulp) we were told to lie on the floor and wait.

This was it, we were going into outer space. Kinda.

Moments later, I found myself lifting off the floor and internally I was screaming, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

That’s right, I’m a total loser.

In my defence though, I was ticking off another answer on mission checklist and it felt appropriate. After all, how many people can say they’ve flown in space? EXACTLY.

Whilst floating, myself and the rest of my #spacesquad (that’s a thing, I swear), were going to discover the answer to my final question together. How do astronauts eat?

The Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Crew started throwing our breakfast into our cabin for us to tuck into, but as the granola balls flew around us, I realised I was pretty useless at this space living lark.

Clusters of deliciousness floated past me and I’d open my mouth to try and munch on one but all I got was air. I looked like a real-life Pac-Man.

And don’t even get me started on the milk. More of it ended up in my hair than in my stomach. Eww.

After 15 failed attempts at getting my brekkie down, it was time to return to the ground.

Returning to land, I discovered I had a newfound respect for those living in a spaceship, eating food in such a challenging manner.

While I much prefer my meals with a side of gravity these days, my day as a space woman is one I will remember forever.

Probably because I’m still finding pieces of cereal in my hair. Delish.

You should defo go try Crunchy Nut Granola yourself. At least on earth, it won’t end up in your hair.

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