Bioprinting of muscle tissue at #Reutlingen University : A variety of plant-based 🌱 or bacterial 🦠 source materials exist that can be utilized for the bioprinting of #Cultured Meat 🥩. The biomaterial should be edible, with a pleasant texture and taste, non-allergenic, as well as preferably sustainable and cost-effective. Some #plant-based additives are based on novel so-called “superfoods”, they are considered to have positive #health aspects when consumed https://publikationen.reutlingen-university.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/4956/file/4956.pdf
The oven can be used to bake cakes 🧁, roast peanuts 🥜 or #grill meat 🍗 https://www.independent.co.uk/space/space-barbecue-china-oven-tiangong-b2859755.html
Trên Trạm vũ trụ Trung Quốc, lò nướng khí nóng từ tàu Thần Châu-21 đã hoạt động, cho phép phi hành gia nướng cánh gà và bít tết ngay ngoài không gian—trải nghiệm ẩm thực mới lạ trong quỹ đạo. #SpaceStation #Astronaut #SpaceFood #HotAirOven #TrạmVũTrụ #PhiHànhGia #ẨmThựcKhôngGian #LòNướngKhíNóng
https://vtcnews.vn/phi-hanh-gia-nuong-canh-ga-va-bit-tet-ngay-tren-tram-vu-tru-ar985163.html
There's some fun stuff in this week's Mission Report that's more earthbound than normal - ant yoghurt fermentation and rice cultivation in Cambridgeshire. There's also some #tardigrade action.
But don't worry, there's still plenty about #SpacePlants and #astrobotany!
Mission Report: 23 September 2025
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-23-september-2025/
2. Apricot Cubes 3. #BaconBars
4. Grape Drink
Mission flown on #Apollo17, December 7-19, 1972
Gift of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
What's the future of coffee on Mars: will we plant it or synthesise it? ☕
Mars settlers will miss coffee. Do you think we’ll grow coffee plants in Martian greenhouses, or will caffeine have to be lab-made for the first outpost baristas?
And more importantly: how long would you last on Mars without your morning coffee? 😅
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will have gourmet French cuisine for her εpsilon space mission, including:
🧅 Onion soup with pink peppercorns and gratinéed croutons
🍗 Poultry with voatsiperifery pepper, tonka bean, and creamy comté cheese polenta
🍫 Chocolate cream with hazelnut flower and coffee
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/A_pinch_of_France_in_space
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