Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table

Building the future of food for deep space isn’t a solo mission 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 Connect with scientists, engineers, and operators who are looking to form teams and find teammates for our Mars to Table Challenge. Submit your profile to join our matchmaking 👇 airtable.com/appkryE6CSd0gl…

Our first Mars to Table webinar is available to watch now! Head on over to deepspacefood.org/webinars and hear directly from our Challenge team about our motivation, along with its structure, requirements, judging criteria, key eligibility and submission expectations.

Our first Mars to Table webinar is right around the corner! Perfect for teams considering applying or refining concepts. Your chance to connect directly with our Challenge team as well. Join us! 👉 event.webinarjam.com/lr38m/register…

Check out the latest paper in Acta Astronautica by Consortium leads Ralph Fritsche and Tor Blomqvist, which lays out a systems-level roadmap for resilient, closed-loop food systems to support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars 📄 Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our first Mars to Table webinar is less than 10 days away. We’ll break down the structure, deliverables, and expectations behind this $750,000 challenge, share key updates on what the next seven months will look like, and answer your questions live. Joining us? 🚀

🔔 Upcoming Mars to Table Webinar 🗓️February 26, 2026 1-2 p.m. ETC 🎯 For teams considering participation Sign up: event.webinarjam.com/lr38m/register…

Food for Mars isn’t cargo. It’s infrastructure. Mars To Table challenges teams to design Earth-independent, integrated food systems that support sustained planetary missions and unlock new approaches to food resilience on Earth. 👉 Learn more: deepspacefood.org/marstotable

What's on the menu for Mars? 🍽️ We're seeking ideas as part of the Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table! Submit your concept for a chance to win part of the $750,000 prize purse. Registration is open now through July 31. go.nasa.gov/49hUwus

Mars To Table is live 🚀 Building on NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, this new challenge calls on multidisciplinary teams to design fully integrated food systems for a Mars surface habitat. Learn more 👉 deepspacefood.org/marstotable

New era loading... ⏳ Something big lands on your plates next week. Watch this space – more to come.

JUST IN: @NASA has been looking for ways to make food in space more appealing. With @DeepSpaceFood, teams compete to develop solutions that could also benefit communities with limited resources. The winners have been announced! MORE via @SPACEdotcom: space.com/nasa-deep-spac…

Last week, our very own Robyn Gatens, director of the @Space_Station and acting director of the Commercial Spaceflight Division, kicked off the @DeepSpaceFood Challenge in Ohio with a dynamic discussion on the food industry and deep space mission with Chef @TylerFlorence. Robyn also gave the keynote address, where she recognized the innovative solutions these finalists developed to advance our food systems for long-duration, deep space missions. Congratulations to this year’s winner of the $750,000 grand prize: Interstellar Lab of Merritt Island, Florida! Learn more: nasa.gov/news-release/n…

. @Solar_Foods has been selected as the international category winner in the @NASA @DeepSpaceFood Challenge. The #Finnish #foodtech firm was chosen as one of the international winners also in phases I and II of the challenge. ➡️ bit.ly/4cG97hS @VTTFinland @UniLUT

Well done 👏

Meet the Phase 3 finalists at the Deep Space Food Challenge … choose your character! 🪴🧑‍🍳👩‍🌾👨‍🚀🥗

Question of the day here @OhioState … what one food item would you eat for the rest of your life? 🥗🌿🥕

CONGRATULATIONS to @InterstellarLA team for winning the #DeepSpaceFood Challenge grand prize!!! 🏆

Starlab participated in @NASA's @DeepSpaceFood Challenge industry panel at @OhioState. Our Mission Ops Manager John Sims discussed "Commercialization Beyond Earth: The Roadmap for Space Habitation." How can we foster innovation in space?

Getting ready to compete for @NASAPrize Deep Space Food Challenge! Go Nolux!

Our very own Robyn Gatens, director of the @Space_Station, delivered the keynote this morning at the @DeepSpaceFood Symposium in Ohio. The Deep Space Food Challenge is a multi-year international effort to develop sustainable food systems for long duration habitation in space, on the Moon, and on Mars. Since the launch of the Challenge in 2021, over 300 teams from 32 countries have developed innovative food system designs. More updates from this year's finale⤵️