Food insecurity is a problem we can solve for the more remote parts of Earth, to the Moon, and beyond. Congratulations to the winner of the Canadian Space Agency Deep Space Food Challenge Challenge!

Congratulations to Ecoation for winning the grand prize in Canadian Space Agency's portion of the Deep Space Food Challenge! 🏆

This joint challenge between NASA and CSA will come to a close after the U.S. teams test their technologies this summer. Stay tuned for more updates as we prepare…

While the #SuperBowl may have ended on Sunday, our finales are just beginning!

The final competitions for Deep Space Food Challenge, Watts on the Moon, and Break the Ice Lunar Challenges are coming up this summer.

📥 Don't miss a thing >> go.nasa.gov/3SVJS4j

Congratulations to the first crew reaching the halfway mark on their yearling simulated mission to Mars! 🚀

🧑‍🚀 The first crew to take part in a yearlong simulated Mars mission reached the halfway mark on Jan. 11.

🌱 In the spirit of Deep Space Food Challenge, the crew has been growing and harvesting crops in their habitat.

🔬 See what else they've been up to >> go.nasa.gov/48EZb71

Hey, we know her! 👋

Angela Herblet, Challenge Manager for Deep Space Food Challenge, helps connect the public to NASA missions by looking for creative possibilities for addressing the agency’s needs from solvers everywhere.

More on NASA Challenges >> go.nasa.gov/3tNZ61w

🪐 Want to learn more about #food and #DeepSpace ? 🛰️

👩‍🚀 Join us for a #scientific session at #ILSI2024 where experts will discuss the Deep Space Food Challenge Challenge and the future of #FoodSystems . 🍎

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One of the first multi-generation plant experiments on International Space Station returns on SpX #CRS29 ! Using seeds from space-grown plants, crew sprouted a second generation of plants for scientists to study if genetic adaptations in microgravity can transfer to the next generation. 🌿

🍎 Looking to learn more about #food and #DeepSpace ? 🛰️

Join us for a #scientific session at #ILSI2024 where experts will discuss the Deep Space Food Challenge Challenge and the future of #FoodSystems . 👩‍🚀

ilsi.org/events/ilsi-20…

#space #exploration #event #nutrition #future

🚨 NEW CHALLENGE ALERT! 🚨

Through the Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge, AAFC Canada is looking to advance innovative, scalable, and low-cost solutions to help reduce enteric methane #emissions from the cattle sector 🐄

To apply: ow.ly/jBXM30sxZiB

Congrats to 6 high school teams from the classroom-based Growing Beyond Earth project who will present their original research on growing plants in space at the American Association for Gravitational & Space Research Conference this month! Learn more: go.nasa.gov/47lm7ag

To get to the Moon and Mars, astronauts will need more food than ever before.

While Centennial Challenges is working on this through Deep Space Food Challenge, researchers are exploring how International Space Station crews can grow food without extra hardware/power.

More >> go.nasa.gov/45ViUwM

For #WorldFoodDay on Oct. 16, we asked our followers what one country's cuisine they'd eat on a deep space mission.

On this #NationalFoodDay , here are the results! 🥘🚀

Find out what's new with the Deep Space Food Challenge >> go.nasa.gov/3tNQ30f

Happy #WorldFoodDay ! 🌎 🍽️

We asked our Deep Space Food Challenge finalists which ONE country's cuisine they'd take on a long-term space mission. See what they picked, and let us know your choice in the replies!

Phase 3 of the DSFC is underway – get the latest >> go.nasa.gov/48UkEsW

Throwback to when Centennial Challenges and Canadian Space Agency joined Methuselah Foundation on a trip to Ohio State FABE to tour their facilities, meet researchers, and get a sneak peek of the testing site for the Deep Space Food Challenge!

What's to come in Phase 3 >> go.nasa.gov/45jng0v

After 371 days of exploration and ISS Research in low Earth orbit, Frank Rubio is back on the ground.

Get the details on his mission, the longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut: go.nasa.gov/3ZwrCQA

News article in Nature Biotechnology featuring Air Vodka (@AirCoNYC), the only product approved and in-market synthesized from CO2.

Also spotlight on new tech to make protein from air and in space, with the crew at Deep Space Food Challenge (@NASAPrize/Methuselah Foundation).

nature.com/articles/s4158…

The beginning of the end has begun! 🚀 🥪

Phase 3 of Deep Space Food Challenge is now open – eight finalists will build full-scale food system prototypes, which will be tested and evaluated by a crew of simulated astronauts at The Ohio State University.

DETAILS >> go.nasa.gov/3RqpNme

Four station crewmates are scheduled to depart the station aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour no earlier than 7:05am ET on Sunday with live NASA TV coverage beginning at 5am. nasa.gov/press-release/…