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Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts during missions to outer space. 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 environments of ...
Space farming refers to the cultivation of crops for food and other materials in space or on off-Earth celestial objects – equivalent to agriculture on Moon. Farming on celestial bodies, such as the Moon or Mars , shares many similarities with farming on a space station or space colony .
Food in space has evolved from bite-sized cubes, freeze-dried powders, and semi-liquids packaged in aluminum tubes. While some foods can be eaten in their natural form, others are dehydrated to ...
Cabbage growing in a Veggie unit [1]. The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) is a plant growth system developed and used by NASA in space environments. The purpose of Veggie is to provide a self-sufficient and sustainable food source for astronauts as well as a means of recreation and relaxation through therapeutic gardening. [2]
The red romaine lettuce astronauts grew on the ISS a few years ago aren't just as good as Earth-grown lettuce, they're also as nutritious. NASA's Gioia Massa, Christina Khodadad and their ...
Astronauts are about to get their first bites of space lettuce. On Monday, Expedition 44 crew members on board the International Space Station will sample red romaine lettuce grown in microgravity ...
Algae as sustainable food in space. [75] [76] North Carolina State University experiment in 2022 which looked at the effect of microgravity on vacuoles. [77] University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) experiment; Arabidopsis thaliana plants were grown from seeds on the ISS in early 2024 as part of an epigenetics ...
The astronauts aboard the Boeing Starliner could remain in space for several months – but many wonder if they have enough food and water to survive that long.. During a recent interview with the ...