This wild zero-gravity oven could change the way astronauts eat in space

Astronauts have limited food choices thanks to the constraints of zero gravity. This centrifugal oven puts pizza, omelets, and even ice cream back on the menu in space.

In December 2020, Jim Sears’s family had an unusual desert for Christmas. The hardware system engineer had spent most of that year in his garage, toiling away on a prototype for a zero-gravity centrifugal oven designed for space. Now, the prototype was close enough to pass the family test, and on the menu was . . . a cylinder-shaped upside-down cake encrusted with pineapple bits. “It was a valiant effort, it was just too sweet so I didn’t get rave reviews on that,” he says with a laugh.

Read Full Story