From fungi to fly larva, here's what eight teams of scientists cooked up for the astronauts of the future.
NASA announced eight winning teams at Friday's event, including five from the U.S. and three international teams, selected by both NASA and the Canadian Space Agency , who are collaborating on the challenge. In April, the CSA also announced theof phase two the Canadian challenge, which is running at the same time as NASA's initiative. The five U.S winning teams received $150,000 in prize money each.
A tray of greens grown in the Nutritional Closed-Loop Eco-Unit System Nucleus, or NUCLEUS, a system of interconnected mini-habitats designed by Interstellar Lab. Intestellar Lab plant scientist Maarten Smits holds a black soldier fly larva from one of the"quarks" inside the company's Nutritional Closed-Loop Eco-Unit System Nucleus, or NUCLEUS.
Air Company, a winning manufactured foods team from Brooklyn, also utilized waste to create their entry. Their product uses the carbon dioxide that astronauts exhale combined with hydrogen gas, which is also produced as a waste product in life support systems. They can then use these make alcohol, which they feed to yeast, also grown withAir Company's goal is to use waste products already produced in space to make alcohol and use it to support yeast.
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