Astronauts need a balanced diet to stay healthy and strong while they’re in space, and that’s no easy task. Since cooking is ...

NASA scientists have figured out ways for astronauts to eat bread without leaving crumbs, shower without running water, and sleep without floating free from their beds.

Outer space has incredible views but the food could use some work. There’s a long and storied history of developing food for space travel. In the early days, astronauts ate and drank liquids and ...

In space, food is freeze-dried, prepackaged, and frankly not always very tasty. But on Monday aboard the International Space Station, astronauts got a rare treat: fresh lettuce. The red romaine ...

SYDNEY, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- When citizen astronaut and entrepreneur Aisha Bowe flew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard (NS) 31 mission, she carried the question of how humans might one day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine floating in microgravity, gazing at Earth through a porthole … and smelling fresh barbecue?! That’s no sci-fi dream.

It might be cool to be an astronaut, but life in orbit has its downsides. The food, for example, will be somewhat limited compared to what you can enjoy back on terra firma, though it’s true that over ...