Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, room temperature treat, which melts as the freeze-dried ice cream ...

Ah, astronaut ice cream. The novelty-always hopelessly cracked once you open it-that's beloved by kids and despised by parents whose wallets are gouged at science museum gift shops. While the ...

But, it turns out, Astronaut Ice Cream likely never went to space. Edwards believes the story traces back to a press release from the Apollo 7 mission, that listed vanilla ice cream as a dessert ...

A tasty astronaut ice cream treat is launching Sunday (Oct. 7) on the private SpaceX Dragon space capsule. The ice cream is a gift for space station astronauts.

Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, room-temperature treat was first sold to the public in 1974.

According to The Franklin Institute, "Astronaut Ice Cream" remains one of the most popular souvenirs around the world, selling more than 30,000 packages every year in its Sci Store.

To create Astronaut Foods novelties, Soraya explains, carts stacked with ice cream sandwiches are pushed into large freeze-drying tunnels. Their temperatures drop to 60 degrees below zero, then ...

Astronaut Ice Cream—which bills itself as "the original space treat"—is sold via astronautfoods.com. If the name-brand stuff is sold out (as it was when I last looked), ...

Definitely The Ice Cream : The Two-Way Unlike other cargo vehicles, the SpaceX spacecraft can return to Earth without burning up. So it's equipped with freezers for transporting medical samples ...

What happens when you combine astronaut ice cream with sausage? We tried it, and the results are mind-blowing! Is it delicious or a cosmic disaster? Join us on this wild food adventure to find out!