Imagine one day being able printing your own dishes, like in a Star Trek movie. This is the dream of many astronauts. Currently, astronauts have a limited variety of vacuum-sealed or canned foods which they eat repeatedly and quickly gets monotonous; however, 3D food printing may radically change astronauts’ selection of food. In the future astronauts will have the opportunity for [...]
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Cavenauts Return to Earth
Source: ESA The international team of astronauts taking part in ESA’s caving adventure have returned to Earth after spending six days underground. The voyage to the surface of our planet took them five hours from basecamp. CAVES gives astronauts a taste of working as a safe and effective team during long spaceflights. In particular, they can hone their leadership [...]
Planning Menus for Mars
NASA has been feeding astronauts in space for years. Space food has evolved from the nutritious but unappetizing meals first designed by pet food nutritionists to today’s ISS menu consisting of dozens of prepackaged canned and dehydrated dishes, customized for each astronaut and flavored with specially designed flavoring sauces. Yet menu fatigue remains a concern for astronauts, particularly those on [...]
Crew Selected For Hawaiian Mars Analog Study
A 120 day Mars mission simulation known as HI-SEAS (for Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) scheduled to begin in early 2013 now has a crew. Six candidates and three alternates were selected from over 700 applicants. “It was very difficult to narrow the pool down. We had about 150 highly qualified applicants, and pretty much everyone we interviewed would have [...]
For Better Taste in Space: Student Research Backed by NASA
For several reasons eating in space is not an experience for gourmets. Recent research conducted by four high school students from North Carolina aims at making space dining more enjoyable. Their special spicy “Stellar Strips” can add more taste to astronauts’ food without creating a messy situation in the microgravity environment. “In a microgravity environment, you can’t just use a salt [...]
