Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cover of a book called "space bites," which shows an astronaut in a spacesuit holding a taco with earth in the background. Food ...

NASA has revealed the carefully curated menu for its four astronauts embarking on their forthcoming lunar mission. The Artemis 2 crew will dine on 189 meticulously chosen food items during their ...

NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside life-support systems instead of arriving only in cargo holds. The agency’s long-term ...

NASA's BioNutrients series of experiments is testing ways to use microorganisms to make nutrients that will be needed for human health during future long-duration deep space exploration missions. Some ...

Eating or drinking in space often brings up a range of questions from "How?" to "What it's like?" Do taste buds respond the same when gravity is lacking?

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is best known for space exploration, but the organization’s data is also publicly used for an array of purposes to support agriculture, including ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Going to space has its perks but fresh, nutritious food isn't one of them. NASA's Deep Space Food ...

Space travel has never been associated with gourmet dining (astronaut ice cream, anyone?!) but crew members on the Artemis II mission appear to be eating pretty well. On April 1, the four astronauts ...

NASA has announced eight winning teams and awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final ...

As NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis astronauts blasted into space this afternoon, the last thing on their minds was wondering what’s for dinner. Rather Atlantis astronauts’ main focus is delivering over ...

NASA to Earthlings: Help us farm Mars. The nation's space agency has launched an international competition to help feed astronauts stationed on Mars, asking for a two-week meal plan to feed an ...