Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you make the mistake of eating a gassy chickpea salad for lunch at the office, you might feel a little rumbling in your stomach ...

A meal that would be totally innocuous here on Earth could cause huge issues in space. That's why these foods are not to be ...

Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they toasted with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago. In 2021, beans are on ...

In the early days of space exploration, astronauts consumed tubes of applesauce and puréed beef. Appetizing? Not really. But as time and privatized space exploration goes on, space food is advancing: ...

When we first ventured into low earth orbit NASA wasn’t completely sure that humans would be able to eat like we do on Earth. Fortunately for us, John Glenn proved that we could, but being able to eat ...

Food tends to taste bland in space, astronauts have reported, making it tough for them to eat enough to stay healthy. Focusing on foods' smell might help overcome this problem, a new study says. Aroma ...

Humankind has been fascinated with space travel for quite some time. The 1960s were the height of our obsession, when the U.S. and Russia competed for the stars, children dreamed of becoming ...

NASA received 113 entries from 33 countries for the “Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table.” Chinyere Ukeje of ...

Scientists are studying whether future astronauts on deep-space journeys could transform compounds in asteroids into food. By Sarah Scoles Sarah Scoles previously reported on simulating agriculture on ...

When Mehr Un Nisa first met with her Ohio State advisor, he asked her what her dream was. Her response? Work with NASA. Maybe a bit off-beat considering she was studying food science and not, say, ...