NASA serves up $750,000 to Deep Space Food Challenge winners in cook-off for astronaut eats

astronauts in spacesuits look at a tiny plant growing from the surface of a moon or planet

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — What will the space food of the future look like? These scientists have answers.

On Friday (May 19), NASA announced the winners of phase two of the Deep Space Food Challenge, an initiative to design new food production technologies that could be used by astronauts on extended voyages. The methods could also help address food insecurity on Earth.