Space Food Helmet
RESEARCH
What does it feel like to float in zero gravity? How does it taste and smell? The Space Food Helmet was created as part of a tasting menu on a zero-gravity flight, designed to capture the bodily, sensory, and whimsical experience of weightlessness.
PHOTO: TONY LUONG
Parabolic flights reproduce gravity-free conditions in an aircraft through a parabolic maneuver of alternating upward and downward arcs interspersed with level flight. They provide a microgravity environment for scientists to conduct research without going into space.
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PHOTO: TONY LUONG
COLLABORATORS
3D printing: Biniam Kebede
Glove box fabrication: Peter Dilworth
Supported by: MIT Space Exploration Initiative
Special thanks:
ZERO G
SELECT PRESS
WIRED | March Cover Story | Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We’ll Eat on the Journey to Mars
WIRED Japan | Filling the Void
MIT The Tech | What’s it like to design a meal that floats?
COLLABORATORS
3D printing: Biniam Kebede
Glove box fabrication: Peter Dilworth
Supported by: MIT Space Exploration Initiative
Special thanks:
ZERO G
SELECT PRESS
WIRED | March Cover Story | Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We’ll Eat on the Journey to Mars
WIRED Japan | Filling the Void
MIT The Tech | What’s it like to design a meal that floats?