Purdue University

To give astronauts better food, engineers test a fridge prototype in microgravity

Astronauts have been going to space since 1961, but they still don’t have a refrigerator to use for keeping food cold on long missions to the moon or Mars. Through experiments conducted in ...
Purdue University

Astronauts need a fridge. Engineers are building one that works in zero gravity – and upside down.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they need a refrigerator. But today’s fridges aren’t designed to work in zero gravity – or upside down if oriented ...
Hackaday

fridge compressor

Having compressed air available in a workshop can be extremely useful. Having a compressor isn’t such a pleasure though, because unless it’s a very expensive model, it will be one of the noisier ...
EurekAlert!

To give astronauts better food, engineers test a fridge prototype in microgravity

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Astronauts have been going to space since 1961, but they still don't have a refrigerator to use for keeping food cold on long missions to the moon or Mars. Through experiments ...