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Space
Space
Science
Stefanie Waldek

Europe wants to make space food out of thin air and astronaut pee

A metal spoon holds a yellow powder over a white surface.

While space agencies have their eyes set on astronaut missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, there are quite a few hurdles in the way — and one of the biggest is food.

As it stands, food is produced on Earth, then transported to the International Space Station (ISS). While that's feasible for missions in low Earth orbit, it's impractical (costly at best, and technically unfeasible at worst) for more distant destinations.

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