To bake where no one has baked before

    To bake where no one has baked before 

 

German-based Bake In Space has a mission, as its name implies, to bake bread in space, which could improve astronauts’ lives on long-duration trips. According to an article in New Scientist, bread was last eaten in space on the 1965 Gemini 3 mission. Bread’s crumbs flew everywhere in the microgravity and posed an electrical risk. Bread has been banned ever since. The Bake In Space project officially launched this March. OHB System AG will build the bread oven. TTZ Bremerhaven, based in Bremerhaven, Germany, will provide the scientific expertise for customizing the oven and developing the dough mixture.

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