NASA Deep Space Food Challenge opens nasa.gov

As NASA develops concepts for longer crewed missions to Mars and beyond, the agency will need innovative and sustainable food systems that check all the boxes.

The Deep Space Food Challenge, a NASA Centennial Challenge, seeks ideas for novel food production technologies or systems that require minimal resources and produce minimal waste, while providing safe, nutritious, and tasty food for long-duration human exploration missions. Solutions from this challenge could enable new avenues for food production around the world, especially in extreme environments, resource-scarce regions, and in new places like urban areas and in locations where disasters disrupt critical infrastructure.

Open Date: January 12, 2021

Close Date: July 30, 2021

Prize Purse: Up to $500K for Phase 1 for U.S. citizens

Frequency: Potential for two phases

For more information, visit: www.deepspacefoodchallenge.org