Cosmonauts grow barley on board the International Space Station, so Sapporo used it to make beer. It’s a very limited edition and won’t be available to the general public. 30 couples will be able to drink it via lottery.

The barley was grown as the result of an on-going crop growing project on board ISS, with other products including wheat, lettuce and peas. In the furute [sic], potatoes could also be grown in space.

However, Boris Morukov, a cosmonaut who spent 11 days in space on board the ISS, said: “I think we would try to grow potatoes as food, not for vodka production.”

‘The Big Picture’ marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 with some great photos.

Is it me or does the assistant in #6 look really bored?

A NASA developed drink to help astronauts avoid muscle fatigue and dehydration is now available to the general public.

First Velcro, then memory foam, now “The Right Stuff” sports drink.

50 years ago today NASA introduced the original Mercury 7 astronauts.

The press conference held in Washington that day introduced the world to a group of men who would become household names and genuine American heroes.

NASA has a nice little interactive flash version of the press conference.