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New NASA Challenge Offers Prizes for Sprouting Astronaut Food Systems
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Centennial Challenges

NASA Centennial Challenges were initiated in 2005 to directly engage the public in the process of advanced technology development. The program offers incentive prizes to generate revolutionary solutions to problems of interest to NASA and the nation. The program seeks innovations from diverse and non-traditional sources. Competitors are not supported by government funding and awards are only made to successful teams when the challenges are met. Centennial Challenges is part of NASA’s Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing program.

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Active Challenges

The goal of the program is to stimulate innovation in basic and applied research, technology development, and prototype demonstration that have the potential for application to the performance of the space and aeronautical activities of the administration.

A Mock up of two astronauts standing on the moon with the logo of the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge in the left corner.

Break the Ice Challenge

Icecube Cubesat

Cube Quest Challenge

New NASA Challenge Offers Prizes for Sprouting Astronaut Food Systems

Deep Space Food Challenge

Watts on the Moon Challenge

Media Resources

Learn about the NASA Centennial Challenges program and how we look to generate innovative solutions for technical problems of interest to NASA and the nation while providing participants with the opportunity to stimulate or create new business ventures.

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