The Deep Space Food Consortium operates across a spectrum of food- and space-related disciplines and industries to accelerate opportunities in applied research and technology advancement. We stimulate and guide sustainable space food system development for long-duration exploration and habitation, while impacting unmet needs on Earth.

Mission

To unify global space food research by building shared roadmaps, standards, and platforms to accelerate research and technology development, validation, and deployment.

Vision

To enable humanity to live and thrive beyond Earth by building sustainable, evolvable space food systems, while advancing resilient, efficient, and equitable food systems on Earth.

Priority Areas

  • Prepackaged System Innovations

  • Production Technologies and Approaches

  • Novel Food Production Technology

  • Processing and Preparation

  • Food Safety Monitoring and Detection

  • Technology Integration

  • Nutrition and Sensory Testing

  • Facility Setup and Operation

  • Data Analysis and Reporting

  • Human Health and Performance

  • Digital Twins & Simulation Models

Capabilities and Goals

  • Define Market and Identify Innovations

    How We Contribute:

    Advocate & prioritize related research needs

    Recruit expertise in applicable space and food related fields

    Establish thought leadership through publications, engagements, and global partnerships

    Standardize and guide the establishment and development of a space food system

  • Prepare Innovations for Market

    How We Contribute:

    Network to identify people, places, and opportunities

    Identify, vet and advocate for technologies and approaches

    Encourage and support cross-discipline development of breakthrough R&D

    Investigate methodologies and approaches to stay current on market directions and trends

  • Bring Innovations to Market

    How We Contribute:

    Foster collaboration to align and create impacts for space and Earth

    Demonstrate viability of components within a system

    Provide all-inclusive testing to validate and accelerate further development and application

    Compare performance of competing and complimentary technologies