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Spaceflight Food System: Impacts to Nutritional Adequacy, Health, Performance, and Resources in Space Exploration

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Spaceflight Food System: Impacts to Nutritional Adequacy, Health, Performance, and Resources in Space Exploration

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  • Author: Grace L. Douglas, Brian Crucian, Ralph Fritsche, Gioia Massa, Mark Ott, Matthew Romeyn, Scott M. Smith, Raymond Wheeler, Sara E. Whiting, Sara R. Zwart
The space food system is critical for crew health and performance, but it is a red risk for Mars. Fundamental research is required simultaneously in shelf stable foods, in situ food growth systems, and in mass reduction strategies to ensure provisioning of food systems that meet resource requirements, while serving as a countermeasure to health and performance decrements as astronauts adapt to spaceflight. Research is required to understand the effects of potential exploration food systems on crew health and performance, which will inform food resource/risk trades and impact mission success.

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