On Monday, Expedition 44 crew members aboard the International Space Station harvested a crop of “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce from its orbiting laboratory, Veggie. The development could not only ...

What would it take to make a cobb salad on Mars? How would you grow the lettuce, or raise the chickens? NASA launched a challenge Tuesday that aims to answer questions like these.

Eating on the International Space Station (ISS) can be challenging. The weight of the food is extremely important. It costs NASA $10,000 to transport one pound of food to the ISS. In order to maximize ...

Humanity has dreamed of conquering space since time immemorial, but it wasn't until the 20th century that this became an actual possibility. Once the Space Race was in full throttle, scientists began ...

How can food crops be adapted to living on the Moon? This is what a recent study presented at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Antwerp, Belgium hopes to address as a team of ...