, was open to artists from around the globe. Guidelines asked artists to consider NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture development effort, which uses engineering processes to distil NASA’s Moon to Mars Objectives into the systems needed to accomplish them. NASA received 313 submissions from 22 U.S. states and 47 countries.

The architecture includes four segments of increasing complexity. For this competition, NASA sought artistic representations of the two furthest on the timeline: the Sustained Lunar Evolution segment and the Humans to Mars segment.

Final judging for the competition took place at NASA’s annual Architecture Concept Review meeting. That review brought together agency leadership from NASA mission directorates, centers, and technical authorities to review the 2024 updates to the Moon to Mars Architecture. NASA selected the winning images below during that review:

Sustained Lunar Evolution Segment Winners

First Place:

– Henderson, Nevada

Second Place:

– Ottawa, Canada

Third Place (Tie):

– Prato, Italy

– Kyiv, Ukraine

Humans to Mars Segment Winners

First Place (Tie):

– Chieti, Italy

– Gatteo, Italy

Third Place:

– Suwanee, Georgia

Under 18 Submission Winners

First Place:

– Minnetonka, Minnesota

Second Place:

– Milan, Italy

Third Place:

– Ponte Vedra, Florida

The NASA Tournament Lab, part of the Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing program in the Space Technology Mission Directorate, managed the challenge. The program supports global public competitions and crowdsourcing as tools to advance NASA research and development and other mission needs.