Dining options might not be the first thing you think about when it comes to space launches, but it's a pretty important thing — and not just because astronauts need to sustain themselves in orbit.

Two Frenchwomen are set to give new meaning to the expression: "The sky's the limit". As announced by the European Space Agency, Sophie Adenot (who, next year, will fly to the International Space ...

NASA has launched a competition to help develop food sources for astronauts on Mars. The winning idea might even help people ...

NASA has opened a global competition inviting chefs, scientists and innovators to help solve one of the biggest challenges of ...

Matt Damon’s character in The Martian might have been onto something when he grew potatoes on Mars. And if Miami students have their way, future astronauts will grow their own vegetable gardens on ...

The first person to consume food in space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who during his brief time in orbit in 1961 had the unenviable pleasure of devouring a meal of beef and liver paste squeezed ...

The path to becoming an astronaut is very difficult and requires intensive training, both physical and mental. Once a candidate succeeds, an astronaut travelling to the International Space Station has ...

For the first time, produce grown in space was harvested by NASA astronauts for an out-of-this-world salad, NBC News reported. "It tastes good. It tastes kind of like arugula," said astronaut Scott ...

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 ...

ESA project called HOBI-WAN is testing a bacterial protein in microgravity to produce and grow food in space, reducing supply ...