Astronaut ice cream turns 50: freeze-dried treat still popular (even if it never flew)

[Admin]

Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, room-temperature treat was first sold to the public in 1974.

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[billslugg]

Every time an opened half gallon of ice cream sits in my freezer for more than a few months, it turns into freeze dried ice cream. It's delicious.