AFTER conquering Earth, instant noodles have now headed into space with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who brought a new zero-gravity version aboard the US shuttle Discovery.

Nissin Food, whose invention of instant noodles sparked a 65-billion pack-a-year global industry, developed a special ball-shaped version of the usually dangling noodle that space-travelers can eat easily with a fork.

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