Healthy Space Competition Results

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2025 Results

The 2025 contest had 2,627 entries with 14,636 students participating from 12 countries.

Grand Prize

• Synthetic Biology Approaches to Next-Generation Space Nutrition; Small Group 11th Grade; Leo Shiina, Maiya Qiu; Stanford Online High School, Redwood City, California, USA.

First Prize

Grade 12 First Prize

• Aerolabs: The Orbital Colonization Accelerator; Duong Duy Nhat Minh; Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria, Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam; Individual 12th Grade
• Kijani; Muhammad Rehan Jafar, Aarsh Patel, Rhythm Bhullar, Mahimn Patel, Ved Joshi; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Small Group 12th Grade
• Paradisus: Hortus Edenis; Jiya Patel, Natasha Kaushal, Simrit Sammi, Sia Dani, Jupji Kullar, Jannat Randhawa, Keerat Kang, Diveena Sureshkumar; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Large Group 12th Grade

Grade 11 First Prize

• Agricultural Module CSS V2; Gurnoor Kaur; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Individual 11th Grade
• Ziggurat-4; Anjali Patel, Avanti Motwani, Jill Dave, Zahra Syed; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Small Group 11th Grade
• Nexora; Nishanth Naik Nenavath, Nandam Karthikeya, Siva Kesav Kelleti, Faran Ahmed, Abhi Raj Ega, Nallolla Anikeeth Vardhan, Cheekoti Srikanishk, Keerthana Jogireddy Garu; Sri Chaitanya E-Techno School, E-Nagaram, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Large Group 11th Grade

Grade 10 First Prize

• Biosynthetic Life Support Ecosystem (BLSE); Udita Phookan; DPS, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; Individual 10th Grade
• Cosmatta; Amir Khubani, Emma Oak, Jenna Park, Yena Park, Taylor Zhou; Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Demarest, New Jersey, USA; Small Group 10th Grade
• Stellar Haven: A Vision of Harmony, Health, and Progress; Khaza Atif Abid, Md Toslim Uddin, Arefin Siddique, Omar Faruk Al Sabit, Tawfiq Ahmed, Taslim Ahmed, Md Muntasir Rahman Biswas; Kotchandpur Govt. Model Pilot Secondary School, Jhenaidah, Khulna, Bangladesh; Large Group 10th Grade

Grade 9 First Prize

• Winaypaq Hawa Pacha: Xuna Operantis System; Micaela Lucia Melendez Galarza; Mater Admirabilis English School Of Girls, Lima, Peru; Individual 9th Grade
• Kosmosagri; Aarini Dubey, Krishiv Jethwani, Aadya Veshvikar, Rudra Nagarkar, Aarya Kadam; Vidya Valley School, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Small Group 9th Grade
• Apricots on Titan; Chamkoor Tanish Anand Krishna, Pillalamarri Aakarsh, Saharsh Kashyap, Virat Balasaheb Kharsade, Vemulapalli Nihal, Katta Varun Prasad, Chityala Saketh Ram Reddy, Anumula Sai Adithya, Sogala Dikshith; Sri Chaitanya International Olympiad School, Vivin Towers, Kukatpally, Telangana, India; Large Group 9th Grade

Grade 8 First Prize

• Guavapear Space Farm Module; Kummara Loukith; Sri Chaitanya Residential-3 Campus, Anantapur, Andrapradesh, India; Individual 8th Grade
• Space Ferment: Making Bread and Yogurt on Mars; Saathvika. J, L. Shravya Sree, B. Harish; Sri Chaitanya Institution, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Small Group 8th Grade
• Sweet Roots on Red Soil; G.Yogi, B.Varsha, B.Swaratej, S.Sahasra Reddy, K.Chaithra, D. Snigdha Reddy OTH; B S R Educational Institutions, Vanasthalipuram, Telangana, India; Large Group 8th Grade

Grade 7 First Prize

• Aquasphere: Water Recycling And Purification System for Space Habitats; Yepuru Kaarthika Sree Priya; Chaitanya Vidyamandir, Gudur, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 7th Grade (tie)
• Red Ascent; Shriyansh Tripathi; Narayana E-Techno School, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Individual 7th Grade (tie)
• Agritech: Smart Farming; G. Vishnu Vardhan Srinivas, P.V.N. Durga Lohith, B. Santosh, B. Angel; Narayana Concept School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small Group 7th Grade (tie)
• Surya; Sai Suriya.K, Sanjana Shree.V, Srithikaa Anand; Narayana E-Techno School, Puzhal, Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India; Small Group 7th Grade (tie)
• Lunavie; Abhishek Chaudhary, Aanchal Badhan, Taheera Khan, Arnav Thakur, Komalpreet Kaur, Olisa.O, Bhargavi Sachan, Bhavyansh Sachan, Parakaram Srivastava, Gayleen Kaur; Narayana E-Techno School, Mohali, Punjab, India; Large Group 7th Grade (tie)
• Nebula Nutrition; Dhanraj. A, Eswar Teja. Y, Nikshitha. B, Pardhiv. Tej D, Poornasri. R, Roshan. K,S ai Jahnavi. G, Tejasrivardhan. J; Narayana Em School, Gudiwada, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 7th Grade (tie)

Grade 6 First Prize

• Growing Pearl Millet; Bhavin Hishitha Suhani; Sun Rise International School, Electronic City, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Individual 6th Grade
• Antariksha Krishi Vijnana; Vedhika G K, Rakshitha K B, Shaikh Ahmed Ayan; Narayana E-Techno School, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Small Group 6th Grade (tie)
• Mission Titan; Gourav, Sangeeta, Dinesh, Sudhansu; Narayana School Japally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Small Group 6th Grade (tie)
• Vault Farming; Abhi Paul Nadella, Rahul Gowd Chennu, Chandra Vadhan Diddla, Rushi Ponnuru, Venkata Naga Krish Y, Syam Mohan Chandana, Swecha Rasamsetty, Nabiya Suhani, Venkata Sahithi T, Yogith Venkata Sai Bade; Narayana Em School, Avanigadda, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 6th Grade

Second Prize

Grade 12 Second Prize

• Farming Blueberries On Mars; A A Sai; Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Vivin Towers, Kukatpally, Telangana, India; Individual 12th Grade
• Sun-Earth Colony: Zero Waste Agriculture in Space; Felipe Marcelo Pujol, Maldonado Clar, Larisa, Magdalena Galeazzi; Bachillerato De Bellas Artes, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Small Group 12th Grade
• Florastra; Irena Shevkenova, Elitsa Pavlova, Siyana Krasteva, Zhasmin Tsvetkova, Nadezhda Dragneva, Bilyana Manasieva, Martin Lambov, Ira Karina Dimova, Lora Georgieva, Georgi Bishkov, Emma Nestorova, Daniel Dimitrov; First English Language School, Sofia, Bulgaria; Large Group 12th Grade

Grade 11 Second Prize

• Bioluminescent Algae Sanctuaries in the Ice Cliffs of Miranda; Akshaya Keerthi; Chaitanya Institution, Salem, Tamilnadu, India; Individual 11th Grade
• Functional Autotroph Resource Module (F.A.R.M.); Busuioc Gabriela-Natalia, Hornet Maria-Larisa, Radulescu Dania-Maria, Tutuianu Serban-Andrei; Ovidius High School, Constanta, Romania; Small Group 11th Grade
• Kronos; Laura-Daniela Chiscaru, Andrei Juncanariu, Alexandru Meleandra, Maria Mocanu, Andreea Mihaela Preoteasa, Matei-Lucian Teodorescu; Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, Romania; Large Group 11th Grade

Grade 10 Second Prize

• ASSOC; Ahaan Ahuja; Akshara International School, Pune, Maharasta, India; Individual 10th Grade
• Ganymede Pneuma; Ahmet Hasan Yurtcu, Alp Onur Kamburoglu, Ida Hatipoglu, Ilay Balin, Kaan Can Kosekul; VKV Koc High School, Istanbul, Tuzla/Tepeoren, Turkey; Small Group 10th Grade
• Lunar Vital Greens; Harjot Kaur, Pratyush Thakur, Shabadjot Kaur Khalsa, Nirvair Singh, Karamjot Kaur, Kashvi Sharma, Ramdas Singh, Shiena, Vanshika Mandhaan; Sri Chaitanya School, Patiala, Punjab, India; Large Group 10th Grade

Grade 9 Second Prize

• Agrosynth-120; Anvi Prerana Thanmai; B S Rao Model School, Uttarahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Individual 9th Grade
• Celestial Harvests; K Charan Siva Sai, C Rishikesh, Y Saisdhar Yadav, Gowtham; Narayana EM School, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small Group 9th Grade
• Oxyfuel Anabaena; Ch. Paniram, Shiva Prasad, Rakshitha, Guna Shekar, Lakshana, Tejashwini; Sri Chaitanya School, Nalgonda, Telangana, India; Large Group 9th Grade

Grade 8 Second Prize

• Moon Hydroponic Module; Tejashree Shinde; Sri Oneiro English Medium School; Adoni, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 8th Grade
• Dual-Crop Space Agriculture Module Growing Tomato and Spinach in a Controlled Environment; Yerrolla Abhishek, Katla Yashaswin, Sabavath Aravind, Ambati Ashwanth Kumar, Kolikapogu Rithwikoth; SCTS, Dammaiguda, Telangana, India; Small Group 8th Grade
• Midori Hashira; Mohith Reddy, Varsitha, Anusitha, Keerthana, Sarruk, Chintan; Sri Chaitanya Bloom School, Guntur, AP, India; Large Group 8th Grade

Grade 7 Second Prize

• Lunar Biosphere 2.0: Smart Hydroponic Habitat for Healthy Living in Space; Veleswaram Harshitha; Venkatagiri High School, Venkatagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 7th Grade (tie)
• The Orange Tunnel On Mars; Padigineni Badhrinathsai; Gudur Chaitanya School, Gudur, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 7th Grade (tie)
• Luna Harvest; Jessica, Yashasri, Soumika, Aaradhya, Krithi, Pallavi, Sanvika, Kandula Akshara; Narayana Olympiad School, Hayathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Large Group 7th Grade

Grade 6 Second Prize

• Helios Sphere; Meet Vijay Bondre; Narayana School, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India; Individual 6th Grade
• Planting The Red Desert; Sirivennela, Akshaya, Keesari.Akshara, Srija, Saidhnya, Laxitha, Triveda, Uma Sri Vidhya; Narayana Olympiad School, Hayathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Large Group 6th Grade

Third Prize

Grade 12 Third Prize

• Indiastrofarm; Pratyush Ray Chaudhuri; Sri Chaitanya Jr College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual 12th Grade
• Aranya; Akshay Gupta, Dyal Janda, Rohith Iruku, Roshan Iruku, Jasmeet Saini; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Small Group 12th Grade (tie)
• Project Atlas; Nectaria Laura Butnariu (International Computer High School of Bucharest), Bogdan Mihet (Saint Sava National College), Bucharest, Romania; Small Group 12th Grade (tie)
• Mars Meal Makers; Jalal Abdul, K Teja Vardhan, Adraith, Sai Naga Hemanth, P Sri Ganesh, MD Zaheerudin, Haseeb, Aayush Goswami; Narayana High School, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Large Group 12th Grade

Grade 11 Third Prize

• Edible Algae & Legumes for Sustained Nutrition on Titan; S. Aadhya; Chaitanya Institute, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India; Individual 11th Grade
• Essential Oils in Food Preservation and Aerospace Application; Borcea Stefan, Bugescu Daria, Neacsu Miruna; Liceul Teoretic Ovidius, Constanta, Romania; Small Group 11th Grade
• Arkadia-11; Lungu Razvan-Tudor, Serban Amelie-Noelle, Serban Lara-Isabella, Blana Matei Stefan, Turcan Eric Octavian, Korosy Armin Endre, Radu Vlad-Alexandru; I.L. Caragiale National College, Bucharest, Romania; Large Group 11th Grade

Grade 10 Third Prize

• Citra-Luna: The Lunar Bioregenerative Citriculture Hub; Krothapalli Prateek Bhushan; Sri Chaitanya CBSE School, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual 10th Grade
• Nascentia; Hairong Wang, Arisha Islam, Sophia Villa, Shoshana Howard, Yuyan Wang; High Technology High School, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA; Small Group 10th Grade
• Aqua Life: Integrated Aquaponics System for Lunar and Martian Settlements; Utkarsh Sharma, Vansh Shukla, Apoorv Shukla, Shaurya Shukla, Shristhi Singh, Krishnam Agarwal; Sri Chaitanya Educational Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; Large Group 10th Grade

Grade 9 Third Prize

• Cosmic Cultivation: Advanced Food Production Module for Orbital Habitats; Jorepalli Varshini; Nellore Res High School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 9th Grade (tie)
• Martian Harvest; Ayisha Mohammad; Sri Chaitanya E-Techno School, Suryapet CBSE, Suryapet, Telangana, India; Individual 9th Grade (tie)
• Amnnite; Partenie Nicholas-Alexandru, Tanase Stefan-Cristian, Niculae Matei-Alexandru, Sirbu Stefan Dinu, Negru Stefan; National College Saint Sava, Bucharest, Romania; Small Group 9th Grade
• Agromarte; B.Prerana, E.Meghana, S.Niharika, N.Aishwara, S.Afsa Faria, M.Geshanth, A.Anish; Narayana Concept School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 9th Grade

Grade 8 Third Prize

• Orbitopia; Prathamesh Mohan Rahatgaonkar; Narayana School, CHH.Sambhjinagar, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India; Individual 8th Grade
• Cooking Beyond Earth: How Humans Prepare Food in Space; Rakshitha Pulavarthi, Bhargavi B, Zeba Sultana, G Manaswika, Hasvitha Kundhan Kuruva; Sri Chaitanya International School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small Group 8th Grade
• Yellow Cucumber Farming On The Moon; Lakshmi Bhavagna Martha, Naga Raju Kancharla, Mythri Matangi, Sai Sri Obulareddy, Riti Telaprolu, Shabana Shaik, Renuka Orsu, Guvvala Mahesh; Sri Chaitanya School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 8th Grade

Grade 7 Third Prize

• Cosmos Cultivation; Shashank; Narayana E-Techno School, Khammam, Telangana, India; Individual 7th Grade (tie)
• Moonscape Farming; Siddeshwari; Narayana School Japally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Individual 7th Grade (tie)

Grade 6 Third Prize

• Lucent Agry; Skriti; Narayana Highs School, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual 6th Grade (tie)
• S.C.A.M.: Space Cultivation and Agro Management; Srikurmam Aswin Sai Srinivas; Narayana School, Visakhapatnam Gajuvaka, Rajasthan, India; Individual 6th Grade (tie)
• Aryabatta’s Green Space: Farming the Future in Space; Sudeeksha Varasala, Harshini Mettu, Kovvuri Vara Pradeepreddy, Kandregula Mikkel, Sohith Sai Ganesh Guttula, Pitta Nihal, Padala Lakshmi Nikhitha, Pallikonda Jaswanth Raju, Ravulapalem SC High School, Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 6th Grade

Honorable Mention

Grade 12 Honorable Mention

• Cosmic Clean Cuisine; Sankshay Kumar; Narayana E-Techno School, SP Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual 12th Grade
• Hydrothermal Algae Domes in the Ocean of Enceladus; Tharnika K, Thejaswini; Murugan Educational Trust, Perungudi, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Small Group 12th Grade
• Sour Spinach; Anugu Lavan Tej Reddy, Sadu Navadeep, Jeswith Devansh Gumma, Yamjala Anvitha Reddy, Boppana Yuthika, Chevva Ujjwal Manikanta, Jeshwanth Nalla; Sri Chaitanya Olympiad College, Ecil, Telangana, India; Large Group 12th Grade

Grade 11 Honorable Mention

• Bean and Pea Cultivation on Mars: Developing Sustainable Protein-Rich Crops for Extraterrestrial Life Support Systems; Gundu Boyina Durga Sri Manikanta; Hanuman Junction-Chaitanya Junior College, Hanuman Junctionm, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 11th Grade
• Cultivated Meat on Mars; Daksh Dhaksh Subbaiah; Sri Chaitanya Trust College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 11th Grade
• O’Neill Green Ring: Integrated Agriculture System for an Orbital Space Habitat; Hari Keerthika Nagam; BS Rao Girls College, Atmakur Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual 11th Grade
• Agenor; Hridik Mehndiratta, Rushan Patel, Daivik Macherla, Daksh Rana; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Small Group 11th Grade
• Seleneveg Yellow Cucumber Farming on the Moon; Kalingiri Mahidhar, Burgala Venkata Siva Sai Kushal, Patalavath Bala Jagadeesh Naik, Battu Siva Sai Ganesh, Maliya Chandrasekar Naik, Yaparala Madhu Pani Charan; Sri Chaitanya School, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 11th Grade

Grade 10 Honorable Mention

• Large Biosphere; Luka Rubanovich; IT High School Exupery, Varna, Bulgaria; Individual 10th Grade
• Eco Chakra; Sagar Mathur, Mujtaba Syed, Eknoor Batth, Agam Sidhu, Neel Javali; Central Peel SS, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Small Group 10th Grade
• Biofusion Farms; Koushik Naik.K, Likith Hanuman.K, Hemanth.C, Vedhanth.B, Charan Sivaraju.R, Jaganmohan.D, Chakravarthi.C, Nivas Venkata Naidu.N; Narayana EM School-Kadapa, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 10th Grade

Grade 9 Honorable Mention

• Agri Nova; Anurag K Borgohain; Narayana E-Techno & Olympiad School, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Individual 9th Grade
• Nova Arcadia: Forging Perennial Querencia Beyond Mother Earth; Farhan Sarowar, MD. Imtiaz Kamal, Kudrati Sabit Enam, Tahmid Majhar, Masud Hassan; Jhenaidah Cadet College, Jhenaidah, Khulna Division, Bangladesh; Small Group 9th Grade
• Cyto Cultus; Makala Guru Sai Thanuja, Maha Lakshmi Kshirasagara, Kathi Veera Venkata Sivani, Shiva Veekshitha Reddy Poluka, Sumitha Annem, Kasi Reddy Deethya Reddy; Brundhavanam International School, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large Group 9th Grade

Grade 8 Honorable Mention

• Celestial Greens; Chaitra Banala; Narayana Olympiad School, Hayathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual 8th Grade
• Passive Microgravity Cultivation: A Low-Energy Approach to Growing Pearl Millet; Maddirala Monish, Takumudi Hemanth Kumar, Vanapalli Geethika, Sarepalli Niharika Devi, Danukonda Keshava Sri Lakshman; Ganapavaram-SC CBSE School, Ganapavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small Group 8th Grade
• Maple Mansion of Mars; Aaditi Mundle, Aarav Ahluwalia, Pranay Ulhe, Srushti Zade, Yashvita Khubalkar, Bhargav Thawkar, Aman Gadade, Shivansh Khodankar; Narayana School, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India; Large Group 8th Grade

Special Recognition

This year a special recognition is presented to the following contest entry for its proper usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a project entry. AI is becoming an important tool. Proper acknowledgement of AI application will minimize the downside effects of its usage in written documents and contest entries. Click on the contest entry below to see how AI is properly used and cited. It is for this reason that the contest judges wish to present special recognition to:

• Agricultural Module CSS v2, Individual, 11th grade, Gurnoor Kaur Central Peel High School, Ontario, Canada