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Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts during missions to outer space.
The Space Food Systems Laboratory produces freeze-dried food and packages commercially available beverage powders, cookies, candy, and other dried goods that the astronauts select for their menus.
NASA has to come up with ingenious ways to prepare, stock and store the food that astronauts will consume while aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Like everyone down on Earth, astronauts need wholesome meals and snacks, so their meals include plenty of minerals and vitamins spread across 3000 food choices.
What do astronauts eat in space? Here we explore the range of food and drink that has been consumed in space and how space gastronomy has changed over the years.
Food is an essential requirement to sustaining life on and off Earth. However the development and supply of food for spaceflight is necessary for NASA crew for low-earth orbit, but also for as we go beyond and onto Mars.
From John Glenn s mission to orbit Earth to the International Space Station program, space food research has met the challenge of providing food that tastes good and travels well in space. To better under-stand this process, we can look back through history.
Some of the space food that was scheduled to be carried on the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission included (from left to right): chicken and vegetables, beef hash, and beef and...
Today most space food looks a lot like food here on the ground. What started out as tasteless paste squeezed out of a toothpastelike tube has come a long way from space exploration's early days. Astronauts are even getting treated to gourmet meals designed by celebrity chefs. But what is space food?
Food must be crumble-free, lightweight, easy to prepare and consume, long-lasting with no need for refrigeration and nutritious enough to sustain an astronaut throughout their space duties. The...
From applesauce sucked out of a tube to shrimp cocktail and fresh vegetables, space food has come a long way.