On board a spacecraft headed to the International Space Station is an oven along with cookie dough that will allow the astronauts living there to bake fresh cookies -- or bake anything -- for the first time. "Houston, we have a cookie," DoubleTree by Hilton, which is supplying the cookie dough , tweeted in celebration of the launch Saturday. Follow the adventure with #CookiesinSpace pic.twitter.com/U5OzwQhJUH — DoubleTree by Hilton (@DoubleTree) November 2, 2019Almost two decades after the first crew arrived to live at the International Space Station, astronauts will be able to make fresh food. That's if the test oven, designed to bake in zero gravity, works as planned. "Crew members may experience psychological and physiological benefits from eating flavorful cooked meals," NASA said in a description of the experiment.

Source: CNN November 03, 2019 16:18 UTC