The freeze-dried “astronaut ice cream” sold in museum gift shops has become one of the most recognizable symbols of space food, but real astronauts generally do not eat it. Its biggest problem is the ...

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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 ...

Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, room temperature treat, which melts as the freeze-dried ice cream ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of astronauts eating a meal while on board the Space Shuttle Discovery - Historical/Getty Images Mankind is still far from ...

Researchers at UC Davis are developing transgenic lettuce that could one day provide medicine as well as morale-boosting food ...

Although called Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace," China's space station is becoming less distant and more like home, as ...

The astronauts amid the Artemis II mission have the finest of fuel. Among the items, per NASA’s website, 58 tortillas have been packed, as well as supplies for 43 cups of coffee. Additionally, there ...