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Skylab also had a small refrigerator/freezer and for the first time, astronauts ate real ice cream. By the way, freeze-dried ice cream isn’t real astronaut food. Although the stuff was developed ...

One of the primary functions of churning is moving the ice cream mixture across the surface of the metal bowl so that it can freeze. Once a layer is frozen, the paddles scrape it away so that ...

For example, our most successful product, freeze-dried ice cream, is loved in over 40 markets. “If people enjoy it here, we are committed to finding ways for European astronauts to enjoy ice ...

While the menu may have at first been limited to tubes of nutrient-rich goo, bite-sized cubes and freeze-dried powdered beverages, the fare is more far-out these days. Astronauts on the ISS even ...

Blended banana and yoghurt makes a naturally good inner layer for these classy choc ices, topped with mixed nuts, coconut flakes or freeze-dried ... into eight mini ice-cream silicone moulds.