Space and Food Nutrition: An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science and Mathematics

From John Glenns mission to orbit Earth to the International Space Station program, space food research has met the challenge of providing foodthat tastes good and travels well in space. To better under-stand this process, we can look back through history.Explorers have always had to face the problem of how to carry enough food for their journeys. Whether thoseexplorers are onboard a sailing ship or on the Space Shuttle, adequate storage space has been a problem. Foodneeds to remain edible ...