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Dartmouth’s Mars Greenhouse Wins NASA BIG Idea Challenge

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Office of Communications

The winners developed a greenhouse that can grow vegetables on Mars.

  • Dartmouth’s winning team poses with their trophy after pitching their idea for a Mars greenhouse at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

    Dartmouth’s winning team poses with their trophy after pitching their idea for a Mars greenhouse at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. (Courtesy of NASA)

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A team of undergraduate engineering students has won the 2019 NASA BIG Idea Challenge for its innovative design for a Mars greenhouse that can grow food and sustain a crew of astronauts on a future mission to the red planet.

The team pitched their winning proposal to top scientists at NASA and National Institute of Aerospace at NASA’s Langley Research Center this week in Hampton, Virginia, where they competed against four other top university-team finalists for the top honor.

“The BIG Idea Challenge has been an amazing experience and I’m thrilled that we won,” said Zoe Rivas ’18, co-manager of the Dartmouth team. “I’m so excited to see what happens next with our greenhouse design and what NASA will do with all of the great ideas we saw in this competition.”