{"id":52099,"date":"2021-10-20T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-474785"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:31:56","slug":"nasa-announces-winners-of-deep-space-food-challenge","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-announces-winners-of-deep-space-food-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Announces Winners of Deep Space Food Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Megan McArthur enjoys fresh food on the International Space Station.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/01_iss065e092717.jpeg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: This release was updated on Nov. 10 to update the date and time of the NASA TV show on the Deep Space Food Challenge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: This release was updated on Oct. 22 to correct the name of Bistromathic in the list of winning U.S. teams.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: This release was updated on Oct. 21 to correct the name of Kernel Deltech USA in the list of winning U.S. teams.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Variety, nutrition, and taste are some considerations when developing food for astronauts. For NASA\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepspacefoodchallenge.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> Deep Space Food Challenge<\/a>, students, chefs, small businesses, and others whipped up novel food technology designs to bring new solutions to the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA has selected 18 U.S. teams to receive a total of $450,000 for ideas that could feed astronauts on future missions. Each team will receive $25,000. Additionally, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) jointly recognized 10 international submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/connect\/apps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> will air a show on the Deep Space Food Challenge at 3 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 15, with details about the competition, winning solutions, and what could be next for the teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special guests during the show will include celebrity chef Martha Stewart and retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who will announce the winners of two awards honoring international teams that demonstrated exceptional innovation. Other participants will include retired CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield and celebrity chef Lynn Crawford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNASA is excited to engage the public in developing technologies that could fuel our deep space explorers,\u201d said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate at the agency\u2019s headquarters in Washington. \u201cOur approach to deep space human exploration is strengthened by new technological advances and diverse community input. This challenge helps us push the boundaries of exploration capabilities in ways we may not recognize on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA, in coordination with CSA, opened the Deep Space Food Challenge in January. The competition asked innovators to design food production technologies or systems that met specific requirements: They would need to use minimal resources and produce minimal waste. The meals they produced would have to be safe, nutritious, and delicious for long-duration human exploration missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the U.S. teams, NASA\u2019s judges grouped submissions based on the food they envisioned producing. Among the designs were systems that used ingredients to create ready-to-eat foods such as bread, as well as dehydrated powders that could be processed into more complex food products. Others involved cultivated plants and fungi or engineered or cultured food such as cultured meat cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details about the winning submissions and teams can be found on the challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepspacefoodchallenge.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese types of food systems could offer benefits on our home planet,\u201d said Robyn Gatens, director of the International Space Station Program at NASA and challenge judge. \u201cSolutions from this challenge could enable new avenues for worldwide food production in resource-scarce regions and locations where disasters disrupt critical infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"In coordination with the Canadian Space Agency, NASA opened the Deep Space Food Challenge in January 2021.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg 2275w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=300,277 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=768,710 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=1024,946 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=1536,1419 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=2048,1892 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=400,370 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=600,554 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=900,832 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=1200,1109 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/deepspacefoodchallenge_solve_0.jpg?resize=2000,1848 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The winning U.S. teams, in alphabetical order, are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Astra Gastronomy of San Francisco, California<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BeeHex of Columbus, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BigRedBites of Ithaca, New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bistromathic of Austin, Texas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cosmic Eats of Cary, North Carolina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deep Space Entomoculture of Somerville, Massachusetts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Far Out Foods of St. Paul, Minnesota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hefvin of Bethesda, Maryland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interstellar Lab of Los Angeles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kernel Deltech USA of Cape Canaveral, Florida<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mission: Space Food of Mountain View, California<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nolux of Riverside, California<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project MIDGE of La Crescenta-Montrose, California<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RADICLE-X of Brooklyn, New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SIRONA NOMs of Golden, Colorado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Space Bread of Hawthorne, Florida<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Space Lab Caf\u00e9 of Boulder, Colorado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00b5Bites of Carbondale, Illinois<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CSA ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.ca%2Fen%2Fspace-agency%2Fnews%2F2021%2F01%2Fdeveloping-innovative-food-production-technologies-with-the-deep-space-food-challenge.html&data=04%7C01%7Camanda.m.adams%40nasa.gov%7Cc489371e5da34e52a78d08d8b639e9a2%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637459707139433999%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7KmKqOaZWXyX2LfP%2FtiBIU1omhJaNe5063HfwHESm28%3D&reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener\">parallel competition<\/a> with a separate application, judging process, and prize for participating Canadian teams. The agency will announce its winners at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams from outside the U.S. and Canada qualified for recognition but were not eligible for monetary prizes. The 10 international submissions NASA and CSA recognized are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>ALSEC Alimentos Secos SAS of Antioquia, Colombia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ambar of Bucaramanga, Colombia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electric Cow of Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enigma of the Cosmos of \u00c9cully, France and Brunswick, Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JPWORKS SRL of Milan, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KEETA of Bangkok, Thailand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LTCOP of Piracicaba, Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natufia X Edama of Thuwal, Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar Foods of Lappeenranta, Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u03c0 of Ghaziabad, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Deep Space Food Challenge is a NASA Centennial Challenge. Centennial Challenges are part of the Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing program within NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate at the agency\u2019s Headquarters in Washington and are managed at NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Subject matter experts at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston and NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida support the competition. NASA, in partnership with the Methuselah Foundation, manages the U.S. and international Deep Space Food Challenge competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about NASA\u2019s prizes and challenges, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solve\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solve<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clare Skelly<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-4273<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov\">clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov<\/a><br>\nMolly Porter<br>\nMarshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.<br>\n256-544-0034<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:molly.a.porter@nasa.gov\">molly.a.porter@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: This release was updated on Nov. 10 to update the date and time of the NASA TV show on the Deep Space Food Challenge. Editor\u2019s Note: This release was updated on Oct. 22 to correct the name of Bistromathic in the list of winning U.S. teams. 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