Member Organizations

The Consortium collaborates with organizations advancing the research, development and demonstration of food systems for space and the betterment of life on Earth.

Institutional

Institutional members collaborate on defined programs, research, or deliverables, contributing expertise and resources to advance future food systems.

* Foundational Members are designated for their early contributions and ongoing work.

Methuselah Foundation

Foundational Member

Non-profit advancing innovation in human health and longevity. Through its partnership with NASA on the Deep Space Food Challenge and fiscal sponsorship of the Consortium, it supports sustainable food technologies for space and Earth.

Challenge Works

Foundational Member

Part of UK innovation foundation Nesta, Challenge Works has delivered over 100 innovation challenges, including in food, agriculture, and nutrition. Its expertise in open innovation and cross-sector collaboration aligns with the DSFC’s mission to advance food systems for long-duration space exploration and habitation.

Heritage Space Food

Foundational Member

A nonprofit connecting culinary heritage and culture with the future of space exploration. Its work explores how shared food traditions can support wellbeing and connection during long-duration missions while informing more resilient food systems on Earth.

Interstellar Lab

Foundational Member

Technology and science company building autonomous greenhouse systems to grow life on Earth and in Space. Winner of NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge, it gives agencies, researchers and commercial partners the capability to conduct plant research and produce crops in orbit and on the Moon.

KBR

Foundational Member

A global science, technology, and engineering company supporting human spaceflight. It is expanding its space food capabilities through plans for a dedicated laboratory near NASA’s Johnson Space Center to develop and test food systems for commercial and government missions.

Monolith Space

Foundational Member

A space research and technology company developing automated, closed-loop aquaculture systems for long-duration missions. Its work explores sustainable food production and bioregenerative life support for space, with potential benefits for food security on Earth.

The Ohio State University

Foundational Member

Expertise in food science, agriculture, and engineering to food systems for Earth and space. It supported NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge with facilities and academic expertise and hosted the 2024 Deep Space Food Symposium.

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

Foundational Member

Explores how hospitality, food, and dining translate to life beyond Earth. Its research brings a human-centered perspective to space food systems, emphasizing enjoyment, culture, and wellbeing alongside nutrition.

Solar Foods

Foundational Member

A Finnish food technology company producing Solein®, a microbial protein made using carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and electricity. An international winner of the Deep Space Food Challenge, it is developing resource-efficient protein production for space and Earth.

Space Sensory Lab

Foundational Member

An initiative of the World Taste & Smell Association, Space Sensory Lab explores how sensory experiences support wellbeing in space. Its work focuses on making space food appealing, enjoyable, and culturally meaningful to support nutrition and quality of life during long-duration missions.

VAST

Foundational Member

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies. Our Space Food Systems program covers the full life of food in orbit: product development, safety testing, packaging, manufacturing, and consumption. We design the systems that keep crews healthy and well fed on short-duration missions, and we’re building the foundation for how people will eat during longer stays in space.

Voyager Technologies

Foundational Member

Infrastructure for sustained human presence in space, including Starlab. Its interest in space food systems supports crew health, wellbeing, and self-sufficiency during long-duration missions.

YieldX

Foundational Member

YieldX has engineered a step-change in protected cropping by rethinking its spatial architecture, turning fixed growing gutters into telescopic channels that expand with the crop. Refined through NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, one core technology unlocks more capacity from existing greenhouses and a lower-cost path to high-density food production in developing markets.

Canadensys Aerospace Corporation

Canadian space systems company developing technologies for exploration and long-term human presence beyond Earth. Working with the Canadian Space Agency and academic partners, it advances lunar greenhouses and closed-loop agriculture to support food production and life support on future missions.

The Institute of Competition Sciences (ICS)

Designs and manages learning and innovation challenges, including the Space Food Design Challenge for students. ICS collaborates with the DSFC to engage the next generation in developing food systems for space.

Space Applications Services

Operates the ICE Cubes platform aboard the International Space Station, enabling commercial access to microgravity research. Its infrastructure can help advance space food systems by supporting tests of food, biological, and life-support technologies under real spaceflight conditions.

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