food for astronauts

Add Astronaut Nutrition to the List of Barriers to Long-Duration Spaceflight

Though there are no firm plans for a crewed mission to Mars, we all know one's coming. Astronauts routinely spend…

2 months ago

Astronauts Struggle To Eat Their Space Food and Scientists Want to Know Why

Astronauts sometimes struggle to consume enough nutritious food on the ISS because it tastes bland. But astronaut food is of…

5 months ago

Astronaut Food Will Lose Nutrients on Long-Duration Missions. NASA is Working on a Fix

Astronauts on board the International Space Station are often visited by supply ships from Earth with food among other things.…

8 months ago

Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they’re not happy about it

NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon by the end of this decade, and hope to send humans to…

3 years ago