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Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts during missions to outer space. [1] Such food has specific requirements to provide a balanced diet and adequate nutrition for individuals working in space while being easy and safe to store, prepare and consume in the machinery-filled weightless ...
In 1972, astronauts on board Skylab 3 ate modified versions of Space Food Sticks to test their "gastrointestinal compatibility". [3] Space Food Sticks disappeared from North American supermarket shelves in the 1980s. They were revived by Retrofuture Products, of Port Washington, NY in 2006. Two flavors, chocolate and peanut butter, were released.
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.
List of microorganisms tested in outer space; Moon tree – Tree grown from seed carried on Apollo 14 or Artemis I; O/OREOS – NASA nanosatellite with 2 astrobiology experiments on board; Space farming; Space food – Food consumed by astronauts in outer space; Terraforming – Hypothetical planetary engineering process
Doctors for the space agency are closely monitoring the health and diets of Butch Wilmore, ... According to NASA, the ISS stocks about 3.8 pounds of food per astronaut per day, with a stockpile of ...
NASA is also carefully monitoring the astronauts’ health and nutrition. Each astronaut is allotted about 3.8 pounds of food daily. But concerns have recently arisen over Sunita and Butch’s health.
As the engineer overseeing SpaceX's astronaut training program, Sarah Gillis first got to know Isaacman when she was preparing him and his crewmates for the Inspiration4 flight. "You spend a huge ...
In the 2010s there was an increased desire for long-term space missions, which led to desire for space-based plant production as food for astronauts. [10] An example of this is vegetable production on the International Space Station in Earth orbit. [10]