Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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The first appliance to freshly prepare small food items, such as rolls, cookies, patties, pockets and other basic foods for longer duration space travel has been designed.

Zero G Kitchen LLC, in partnership with NanoRacks have specifications and timing of the first appliance of its planned ‘kitchen in space,’ an open platform for food development in space and the zero gravity environment.

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First in a series

The oven is the first in a series of space-adapted appliances built and operated under the direction of Zero G Kitchen.

Following the oven, Zero G Kitchen plans to develop space-adapted versions of common household appliances, such as a refrigerator, blender, slow cooker and more. To achieve its goal of building a kitchen in space, Zero G Kitchen will work with a wide array of food companies, educators, researchers, appliance engineers and aerospace organizations.

(left) Jeffrey Manber, CEO, founder of NanoRacks and known cookie monster with Zero G Kitchen staff.
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Build, test, eat

Zero G Kitchen expects to build and test the space oven before the end of 2018 with a targeted launch to the International Space Station in early 2019. Recently, Zero G Kitchen signed the first user of the space oven, and an announcement is expected in early 2019.

Based in New York City, Zero G Kitchen has been whipped up by Ian and Jordana Fichtenbaum, co-founders and co-chefs. “Bound together by their love of space and cooking, they determined to build a kitchen in space to pursue their mutual passions together,” according to the organization.

For more information on Zero G Kitchen, visit www.zerogk.space