Astronauts need a balanced diet to stay healthy and strong while they’re in space, and that’s no easy task. Since cooking is ...

Outer space has incredible views but the food could use some work. There’s a long and storied history of developing food for space travel. In the early days, astronauts ate and drank liquids and ...

Astronauts embarking on long-term space missions could eat space food made from a protein powder that includes a mix of thin air and urine. The European Space Agency launched a pilot program called ...

Just in case people thought airline food was inedible: Astronauts on future missions to the Moon and Mars could subsist on a brand new “space food” that is concocted from thin air and urine, the ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will celebrate Thanksgiving with a special meal in orbit, continuing a tradition which began in 1973 when Skylab 4 astronauts enjoyed double ...

Biofilms essential for astronaut and plant health but weakened by space conditions like microgravity and radiation stress.