Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts during missions to outer space. [1] Such food has specific requirements to provide a balanced diet and adequate nutrition for individuals working in space while being easy and safe to store, prepare and consume in the machinery-filled weightless ...

Mar 16, 2023 · The Space Food Systems Laboratory produces freeze-dried food and packages commercially available beverage powders, cookies, candy, and other dried goods that the astronauts select for their menus.

Aug 8, 2022 · What do astronauts eat in space? Here we explore the range of food and drink that has been consumed in space and how space gastronomy has changed over the years.

Mar 25, 2021 · Designing a space food system that provides astronauts with ample sustenance on long and distant missions is crucial to humans venturing farther into space.

Jan 13, 2025 · Food is an essential requirement to sustaining life on and off Earth. However the development and supply of food for spaceflight is necessary for NASA crew for low-earth orbit, but also for as we go beyond and onto Mars.

Feb 29, 2024 · The following FAQs address common curiosities regarding the diet of astronauts in space, illustrating how they eat in microgravity, what meals they consume, and the meticulous preparation methods that ensure space food safety and nutrition.

2 days ago · More to Come: Advances in Space Food. The evolution of space food is already impressive, but that’s not the limit. As we aspire to long-duration space missions, researchers are developing new techniques to improve space food variety. Simple 3D-printed meals are already produced, even if still experimentally. Advances in onboard hydroponics ...

Apr 28, 2019 · Today, a wide variety of space foods are taken to orbit for short spaceflights or resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Typical foods would include; Fresh fruits, vegetables and fresh tortillas –these are favourites with long-duration missions!

4 days ago · 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.

Mar 6, 2025 · Presently, most of the food astronauts eat in space comes from Earth. NASA prepares and packages the food its astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) consume at the Space Foods Systems Laboratory at Johnson Space Center and delivers it via resupply vehicles sent to space every 40–45 days.