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This International Space Station crew enjoyed a variety of space foods during a Thanksgiving meal while on their lengthy mission. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

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Texas A&M food science and technology students prepare food at the Space Food Research Facility on the Texas A&M campus. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Michael Miller)

The space program has come a long way since the days of the Gemini and Mercury missions, and so has the food the astronauts consume during their space missions.Today, there is a far greater variety of food than the original “cube and tube” foods astronauts ate during those early NASA ...

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