Nothing is left to chance; all food is tested for safety and taste-tested by astronauts themselves. A nutritionist reviews the astronaut’s preferred menus to ensure they have a balanced meal. On top ...

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 ...

The Apollo program saw significant changes in food packaging and near-constant menu expansion in an effort to keep the astronauts healthy and happy. User feedback was a major catalyst for change.

NASA astronauts on the ISS, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, enjoy luxurious meals like shrimp cocktail and pizza. However, ...

Some menu items veer from the regular U.S. Thanksgiving ... but it was a major improvement over NASA’s earlier astronaut food, mostly squeezed from tubes.” Compared to that sandwich of ...

Two astronauts who have been stranded in space for almost six months have been living off food made with their own sweat and urine.

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 ...