Nafiou Arouna

Introduction Humans face formidable challenges as they transition from low Earth orbit (LEO) to destinations beyond low Earth orbit (BLEO) such as the Moon and Mars. Foremost among these is developing space habitats that can reliably sustain human life. Ensuring adequate astronaut nutrition in such environments has been identified as a critical ‘red risk’ that needs to be mitigated to enable long-duration missions (>1 yr) far from Earth (Patel et al., 2020).

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