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. “Astronauts on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers tested what happens when a nutrient-rich liquid made from recycled waste meets fake Moon and Mars dirt. (CREDIT: ...

Michele Perchonok is NASA's Advanced Food Technology Program Manager. She outlines what will be on the menu for a mission to Mars in the 2030's.

NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside life-support systems instead of arriving only in cargo holds. The agency’s long-term ...