Space Fact Sheets

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Space Food

Many people are curious about what astronauts eat in space. NASA nutritionists make sure they have plenty of healthy, appetizing food while they're living in orbit.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 98 Kb)

Cosmic Cuisine
NASA space food scientists are developing an Advanced Food System that will provide future crews traveling to the moon and Mars with safe, nutritious and appetizing food while minimizing volume, mass and waste.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 59 Kb)

NASA Johnson Space Center

Fact Sheets

Johnson Space Center

+ Astronaut Selection and Training (PDF 870 Kb)

+ Ellington Field Aircraft (PDF 1 Mb)

+ Johnson Space Center (PDF 287 Kb)

+ JSC’s Animal Kingdom (PDF 625 Kb)

+ Mission Control, Houston: Mission Control Center and Flight Operations (PDF 213 Kb)

+ NASA Johnson Space Center: Office of Education (PDF 465 Kb)

+ Sonny Carter Training Facility: The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (PDF 275 Kb)

+ Training for Space: Astronaut Training and Mission Preparations (PDF 238 Kb)

+ White Sands Test Facility: Award Winning Test Facility (PDF 97 Kb)

Living and Working in Space

+ Living on the Moon: Inflatable Habitat Research (PDF 1 Mb)

+ The Human Place in Space: The Science of Living and Working in Space (PDF 149 Kb)

+ Living and Working in Space (PDF 697 Kb)

+ Lunar Living – The Next Giant Leap (PDF 516 Kb)

+ NASA Food Technology: Incredible Edibles From Space (PDF 221 Kb)

+ Space Food (PDF 439 Kb)

NASA

+ NASA Careers (PDF 276 Kb)

Incredible Edibles from Space
Space food technology spinoffs benefit dining rooms throughout the world. NASA licenses dozens of space-age technologies and connects with the private sector for the creation of products that improve lives here on Earth.
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Space Station Overview
It's home to astronauts and cosmonauts who are conducting scientific research to help improve life here on Earth. The Space Station is an orbital laboratory where experiments can float.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 91 Kb)

International Space Station

+ International Space Station (PDF 907 Kb)

+ International Space Station Columbus Module (PDF 309 Kb)

+ International Space Station Harmony Module (PDF 346 Kb)

Space Shuttle

+ The Space Shuttle: NASA’s Workhorse (PDF 328 Kb)

+ STS-116 Fact Sheet (PDF 1 Mb)

+ STS-115 Fact Sheet (PDF 458 Kb)

+ STS-121 Fact Sheet (PDF 331Kb)

+ STS-120 Fact Sheet (PDF 1.4 Mb)

+ STS-122 Fact Sheet (PDF 273 Kb)

+ STS-124 Fact Sheet (PDF 448 Kb)