Category: Space Food
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Most people probably haven’t taken a bite out of a raw onion. Why would you? And even fewer have done so and considered it delicious. But if you’re an astronaut flying in space and your diet consists largely of freeze-dried packaged food, I’m pretty sure you might get a hankering for something fresh. That’s exactly…
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Today, the Canadian edition of the Deep Space Food Challenge announced the grand prize winner for its years-long competition to discover new solutions to feed astronauts on long-term space missions. The winner is a food production system co-developed by Canadian companies Ecoation and Maia Farms. The system, called CANGrow, grows different types of fresh foods,…
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Last week, NASA announced the finalists for the final phase of the Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition designed to help explore and better understand how these agencies can feed humans in space. The US Space Agency awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of its Deep Space Food Challenge, and the winning teams…
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Up until now, every morsel of food an astronaut eats in space was created and packaged here on earth. However, as we embark on a new era of long-term space flight, NASA and other space agencies realize that will need to change. As the Senior Project Manager for Space Crop Production and Exploration Food Systems…
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This week, NASA’s ability to keep astronauts fat and happy on a mission to Mars took another giant leap forward for mankind. That’s because the U.S. space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced the 11 finalists for Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition designed to help explore…
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Back in 2012, researchers exploring the thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park happened upon a hearty new microbe called Fusarium strain flavolapis. Having survived the acidic volcano springs of Yellowstone meant the microbe, a fungus, might just survive in a challenging environment like outer space. That was the theory, but researchers will soon know how…
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In five days, Aleph Farms will watch as cow cells from its research labs are handed to Eytan Stibbe, the second Israeli to travel to space and the first ever to head to the International Space Station (ISS). Stibbe will be traveling with a SpaceX crew on the Axiom-1 mission, taking off from Cape Canaveral,…
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Astronauts have attempted to grow lots of different kinds of food in space over the past few years, but one type of produce that’s never grown above the ozone layer is chickpeas. But that’s about to change because on February 19th NASA is teaming up with SpaceIL, a non-profit trying to land an Israel space…
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This week, NASA announced $1 million in total prize money for innovations as part of Phase 2 of its Deep Space Food Challenge. The contest, which announced Phase 1 winners last October, is a NASA Centennial challenge that aims to foster innovation around sustainable food production technologies or systems that require minimal resources and produce…
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To support astronauts on longer-duration missions farther away from Earth, NASA needs to figure out how to provide them with a continuous supply of nutritious food. The freeze-dried foods astronauts currently eat won’t cut it, as key nutrients in these meals gradually break down. The Vegetable Production System, or Veggie, is one potential solution to…
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On planet Earth, we face the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population that is set to reach 9.7 billion people by 2050. In space, we face the challenge of feeding astronauts traveling through the galaxy for an extended period of time. Novel and innovative food technology could offer viable solutions in both realms. For…
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Astronauts onboard the International Space Station are aiming to grow the first-ever peppers in space via the Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment. PH-04 will grow “Espanola Improved” New Mexico Hatch Green Chiles. These are a medium-heat chile peppers NASA says have been suitable for use in controlled growing environments. The pepper seeds were planted in April…
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