Meals consumed by astronauts on the International Space Station come in two categories: the standard menu distributed by the United States and Russia, and bonus food. The latter are items selected ...

Until the day we can reliably grow many types of food in space ... when devising recipes. A woman named Rita Rapp developed a spoon-bowl package that allowed astronauts to enjoy a more Earth ...

He's also one of the few astronauts to arrive back on Earth with a few extra pounds. He told Business Insider why he liked the food so much and some of the obstacles he ran into trying to eat in ...

While today's astronauts still eat packaged meals, their food has a lot more variety and flavor than what Armstrong and Aldrin ate in 1969.

Each of these recipes calls for alcohol ... Floating crumbs can get lodged in computers and equipment. Astronauts eat the food straight out of the packet, but I emptied them onto a plate.

Tests are being carried out to determine whether the cookies are safe to eat Chocolate chip cookies have become the first food to be baked in space in a first-of-its-kind experiment. Astronauts ...