Astronauts will be able to bake bread on ISS

According to Techradar, NASA's Gemini 3 astronauts hidden a beef sandwich in a travel bag and brought it into space.

When they returned to Earth, they were severely reprimanded. Bread crumbs flew everywhere in a weightless environment, NASA warned that bread crumbs could fly into astronauts' eyes or cause fires when exposed to charged panels. Since then the bread menu on the coffin station has been made 100% from pre-packaged corn cakes from Earth. Over time, food is also improved, such as pasta, cheese, soup, beef . all pre-packed, vacuumed from Earth before being placed on ISS.

However, no food has been cooked on ISS yet. And now, a company based in Germany, with the name Bake in Space, has created a "no debris" bread that will change everything. The company has created a bread mix and many oven models prepared for testing on the ISS next year.

In the near future, astronauts can bake cakes on ISS.

Sebastian Marcu, the founder of the company, told New Scientist: "When the space tourism industry" flourishes "and people spend more time on the universe, we need ready-made bread immediately. from the beginning to serve ".

How does the oven work?

The first problem to solve is the oven design . Most traditional ovens rely on convection to disperse heat, but this process does not work well in a zero gravity environment. And they consume a lot of energy, which is very difficult on ISS.

But engineers thought of baking in a vacuum - the pressure in the oven was low. Low pressure will help boil water at lower temperatures - to make baking easier.

Various approaches will be tested in the European Space Agency's Horizon mission in April 2018, with the mission of recording videos of cooking food in these ovens. Marcu added: "Bread will have a completely different texture."

In addition, much hope that putting bread in space can be more beneficial than just a nutritional benefit - the bread scent can help stimulate the mood. That's what you need when you're floating in space, very far away from Earth.