Over the past 50 years, Astronaut Foods has expanded its ice cream line from just Neapolitan (chocolate, vanilla and strawberry) to include mint chocolate chip and cookies and cream ice cream ...

In 1968, astronauts climbed aboard Apollo 7. It was the first time freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream was eaten (out of pouches) in space. It was also the last.

"Astronaut ice cream" may be the most infamous of all space foods. The freeze-dried treat is sold in stores on Earth, but according to NASA astronauts and the National Air and Space Museum, likely ...

Get outta here with that freeze-dried Neapolitan mess. The astronauts aboard the International Space Station are scooping out Brenham’s favorite ice cream. According to NPR, the SpaceX Dragon ...

This is one reason why the famous crumbly, chalky, freeze-dried astronaut ice cream that children devour on Earth is not actually eaten in space. ... Astronauts were not able to get their Neapolitan ...

Freeze dried ice cream leaves a taste of nostalgic chalky sweetness in our mouths, so we’re very excited to see that [Ben Krasnow] is now making his own astronaut ice cream. The basic principle ...

Astronaut ice cream can be found in science museums, novelty shops and online. But according to the National Air and Space Museum, it wasn't necessarily used on any space missions.

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 was first sold to the public in 1974.