Lettuce grown in space contains 29-31% less calcium and 25% less magnesium than Earth crops, creating serious health risks ...

Missions to the moon and Mars pose nutritional challenges for astronauts. Now, a new paper on space-grown food poses ...

Mouth-watering pictures show astronauts tucking into off-planet sushi. The unexpected Japanese-influenced feast was enjoyed ...

Feb. 27, 2012 — -- The shrimp cocktail on the space shuttle must really have been something. On a two-week flight in 2006, astronaut Mark Polansky asked to have it on his menu every day. For ...

You might think it’s tough trying to whip up a meal from whatever odds you have in the kitchen, but imagine how much harder that is to do in space. A NASA astronaut recently showed off his culinary ...

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like ...

Natalie Chun and her son love astronauts and space. So, when NASA's Sunita "Suni" Williams visited Bonnie's Donuts, Chun's donut shop in League City, earlier this week, it was a close encounter of a ...

BETHPAGE, Long Island (WABC) -- As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon, we hear from Apollo astronauts about what it was like to be pioneers of space ...

The first person to consume food in space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who during his brief time in orbit in 1961 had the unenviable pleasure of devouring a meal of beef and liver paste squeezed ...

Astronaut on moon next to American flag and lunar rover - Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock On March 23, 1965, NASA launched astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young ...

Life on the International Space Station isn't always easy. There's not a lot of room, no showers, and no laundry. Photos show how astronauts live.