Astronaut ice cream was supposed to be a fad. Here's how it became a gift shop staple. There may be no novelty sweet more polarizing than astronaut ice cream. Those who adore it praise its light, ...

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 ...

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The freeze-dried “astronaut ice cream” sold in museum gift shops has become one of the most recognizable symbols of space food, but real astronauts generally do not eat it. Its biggest problem is the ...

Before there was lightweight backpacking food, there were Girl Scouts climbing mountains with canned goods. Troop leader Anne Benedict watched their struggle, and in 1951 began selling dehydrated just ...