A 25-year-old Northeast Philadelphia computer scientist beat out competitors from 33 countries to win NASA’s $300,000 top prize with an idea that could shape how astronauts eat on Mars, writes Robert ...

Anyone who's packed for a camping trip before knows that food preparation becomes a major challenge when you lose the luxuries of a modern kitchen, such as refrigerators, freezers, and ovens. Maybe ...

Space travel is heating up, both by NASA and private enterprises, with bold adventurers and scientists looking to eventually send humans to Mars. One of the challenges of such a multiyear mission in ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Creative researchers are working on solutions to feed astronauts during long-distance space ...

During a future Thanksgiving in low-Earth orbit, astronauts may bio-farm healthy holiday salads of microgreens, vegetables, mushrooms, sprouts — and ground-up insect larvae — inside their space ...

Solein is a protein powder that can be used to make all sorts of foods from ravioli to ice cream. There are no grocery stores on Mars, and resupply from Earth is many months away. As much food as ...

Scientists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are developing a new approach to sustainable food production by using microbes to transform plastic-derived compounds into protein-rich ...

Scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies called µBites. Developed partly for NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, ...

A 25-year-old Philadelphia woman won the $300,000 first prize in a NASA competition to design food systems to improve how astronauts eat in space, and eventually how they will eat on Mars, the space ...