{"id":17091,"date":"2018-11-17T12:10:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T17:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17091"},"modified":"2018-11-17T12:10:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T17:10:53","slug":"zero-g-kitchen-nanoracks-introduce-the-space-oven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17091","title":{"rendered":"Zero G Kitchen & NanoRacks introduce the Space Oven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zero G Kitchen<\/a> is a new company that’s aiming to develop appliances for food preparation in space:<\/p>\n

Zero G Kitchen Prepares to Launch its First Appliance to Space<\/strong><\/a>
\nFirst Open Kitchen in Space – For Researchers, Educators, Companies<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK, NY \u2013 (November 15, 2018)<\/strong> \u2013 Zero G Kitchen LLC<\/a>, a venture co-founded by Ian and Jordana Fichtenbaum, announced today the specifications and timing of the first appliance of its planned \u2018kitchen in space,\u2019 an open platform for food development in space and the zero gravity environment. The first appliance is an oven designed to freshly prepare small food items, such as rolls, cookies, patties, pockets and other basic foods for longer duration space travel.<\/p>\n

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Space Oven<\/a> from Zero G Kitchen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The oven is built in partnership with NanoRacks<\/a>, the leading commercial company operating on the International Space Station. NanoRacks is known for its rapid prototyping, plug-and-play interfaces and managing the NASA payload manifesting and safety processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNanoRacks is committed to developing in-space platforms that are affordable and accessible to anyone with the dream to explore in space,\u201d said Jeffrey Manber, CEO and founder, NanoRacks. \u201cPeople have to eat when living and working in space, so Zero G Kitchen\u2019s vision for hospitality and food preparation in space fits perfectly into NanoRacks\u2019 long-term goal of populating the solar system with Outposts for everything from tourism and research to factories and more.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an incredibly exciting set of partners we are working with for our kitchen\u2014and we always welcome more,\u201d said Ian Fichtenbaum, co-chef and co-founder, Zero G Kitchen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Zero G Kitchen expects to build and test the space oven before the end of 2018 with a targeted launch to the ISS in early 2019. Recently, Zero G Kitchen signed the first user of the space oven, and an announcement is expected in early 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpening up the frontier of space to all means making it relatable to people\u2019s everyday lives,\u201d said Jordana Fichtenbaum, co-chef and co-founder, Zero G Kitchen. \u201cWhat could be more relatable than a freshly cooked meal in your own kitchen? We\u2019re not here to develop new technology or to build better ovens or kitchens, but rather to assist researchers, educators and companies to access space facilities and the excitement of space development in a relatable form.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more information on Zero G Kitchen, visit www.zerogk.space<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Zero G Kitchen LLC<\/strong> (www.zerogk.space<\/a>) \u2013 Based in New York City, Zero G Kitchen was founded with a goal of building a kitchen in space, piece-by-piece, and offering its use to a variety of food researchers, educators and companies with an interest in the future of food and household appliances in space. Funded by its founders, Ian and Jordana Fichtenbaum, it is leading the way with its first appliance, a small oven.<\/p>\n

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Ian and Jordana Fichtenbaum<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About Ian and Jordana Fichtenbaum<\/strong> \u2013 Ian and Jordana are a married couple living in New York City and the co-Founders and co-Chefs of Zero G Kitchen. Bound together by their love of space and cooking, they determined to build a kitchen in space to pursue their mutual passions together.<\/p>\n

Ian is a space entrepreneur, businessman, investor and director of space companies, including Bradford Space, a European space systems manufacturing group. He has devoted his work to commercializing space and to develop the use of space stations in low earth orbit. Originally from Montreal, Canada, he loves baked goods, especially Montreal bagels and chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n

Jordana is social media expert and blogger serving restaurants and hotels, including a number of iconic chains. Earlier in her career, she served in the New York City Mayor\u2019s Office working under Mayor Bloomberg, in the Community Affairs Unit. Aside from Zero G Kitchen, she runs a book Instagram account @whatsjordanareading<\/p>\n

About NanoRacks<\/strong> (www.nanoracks.com<\/a>) : NanoRacks LLC, an XO Markets company, is the world\u2019s first commercial space station company with an existing customer base. The company offers low-cost, high-quality solutions to the most pressing needs for satellite deployment, basic and educational research, and more \u2013 both at home and in 30 nations worldwide. Since 2009, Texas-based NanoRacks has truly created new markets and ushered in a new era of in space-services, dedicated to making space just another place to do business.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the Company announced their long-term plans via the NanoRacks Space Outpost Program. This program is dedicated to the repurposing of the upper stages of launch vehicles in-space and converting these structures into commercial habitats, both humanly and robotically tended, throughout the solar system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zero G Kitchen is a new company that’s aiming to develop appliances for food preparation in space: Zero G Kitchen Prepares to Launch its First Appliance to Space First Open Kitchen in Space – For Researchers, Educators, Companies NEW YORK, NY \u2013 (November 15, 2018) \u2013 Zero G Kitchen LLC, a venture co-founded by Ian … Continue reading Zero G Kitchen & NanoRacks introduce the Space Oven<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-settlement","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4rF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19102,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19102","url_meta":{"origin":17091,"position":0},"title":"“Cookies in Space”: Chocolate chip cookies to be first food baked in new ISS oven","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"DoubleTree by Hilton, Zero G Kitchen, and NanoRacks have partnered together to help introduce oven baking to the International Space Station, starting with chocolate chip cookies: Cookies in Space: DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookie to be First Food Baked in Space, Sending Hilton Hospitality into Orbit https:\/\/youtu.be\/AQxRy323Sr0 DoubleTree by Hilton to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In Space Infrastructure"","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/AQxRy323Sr0\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20417,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20417","url_meta":{"origin":17091,"position":1},"title":"Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – Nov.29.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/eJOIFi_icTI ** How NASA will bake in space for the first time and why that's a BIG deal! 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