Once the ISS miso was back on Earth, the team analyzed its microbial communities, flavor compounds and sensory properties. "Overall, the space miso is a miso," the team wrote in their paper ...

A spoonful of miso, rich with umami and history, made its way around the International Space Station. There, 250 miles above Earth, the centuries-old traditional Japanese food encountered the alien ...

Fermenting miso on the ISS worked, showing microbes can thrive and create flavorful food even in space conditions. Miso is a ...

If you've ever looked into the living conditions of astronauts in space, you probably know they make do with spartan ...

An experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) has produced miso paste, thought to be the first food deliberately fermented outside Earth — a feat that scientists hope will shed ...

A miso test on the International Space Station shows fermenting food is not only possible in space, it adds nuttier notes to the Japanese condiment.

Researchers successfully made miso on the International Space Station (ISS). They found that the miso smelled and tasted similar to miso fermented on Earth -- just with a slightly nuttier, more ...

Moon megawatts and cosmic miso: Scientists build solar panels from moon glass and ferment miso paste in space.

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...