As commercial spaceflight expands and missions grow longer, scientists say the technology behind what astronauts eat may be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To reduce the cost of feeding astronauts in space, the European Space Agency (ESA) just launched a lab into space in a significant ...

Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they toasted with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago. In 2021, beans are on ...

Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station orbiting the Earth have enjoyed humanity's first-ever barbecue in space. While developing food that can be conveniently stored and eaten is space ...

Astronauts on the ISS can warm food—but they can’t really cook. A new microgravity space oven could change that, allowing ...

In April 2026, the crew of the Artemis II boldly went further into space than any human had ever gone for many years prior, embarking on a 10-day mission to fly around the Moon. It was the first time ...

Simunauts Mehr Un Nisa and Fuanyi Fobellah harvest microgreens that were grown in the pods behind them. The greens can be eaten in a salad or soup. Any scraps feed fly larva in an adjacent pod. Inside ...

In this quiz, you'll explore the weird, wonderful, and sometimes surprising world of space cuisine. Can you tell which foods have actually made it to orbit? When you purchase through links on our site ...

Astronauts often report that the joy of eating is lost in space. Food that tastes fabulous on Earth may become bland and boring in orbit. In fact, despite carefully designed diets, space travellers ...

Space travel is heating up, both by NASA and private enterprises, with bold adventurers and scientists looking to eventually send humans to Mars. One of the challenges of such a multiyear mission in ...