Submissions are invited for NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge. The last date of submission is October 31, 2024.

About NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

Overview

With NASA’s Moon to Mars Objectives in hand, the agency is developing an architecture for crewed exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Using systems engineering processes, NASA has begun to perform the analyses and studies needed to make informed decisions about a sustained lunar evolution and initial human missions to Mars.

NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture currently includes four segments of increasing complexity: Human Lunar Return, Foundational Exploration, Sustained Lunar Evolution, and Humans to Mars. For this competition, NASA is interested in your artistic interpretation of the latter two segments: Sustained Lunar Evolution and Humans to Mars. These depictions could include operations in space, on the surface, or both.

Challenge Details

NASA wants you to visualize the future of space exploration! This art challenge is looking for creative, artistic images to represent NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency’s roadmap for crewed exploration of deep space. If you can create engaging artwork that depicts the exploration segments described below, you could win a portion of a $10,000 prize.

Artists may develop and submit a still image for the lunar and Mars exploration segments described below. Submissions are open to creatives across the world and of all ages and abilities. NASA may use these images to promote its architecture development effort and will give credit to all selected artists.

Note: Artwork generated using artificial intelligence is not allowed. Work by artists under 18 years of age is not eligible for prize money and must be submitted by a parent or guardian over 18 years of age. If an artist under 18 is selected, they will receive an alternate form of recognition from the agency. Artworks that utilize trademarked material (e.g., industry logos or designs) will not be considered.

How to Submit?

Artists are invited to submit an entry for either or both segments. Please indicate which segment you are submitting against in the last step of the form. If you wish to submit an entry for both segments, please complete the form twice. 

Submission Deadline

The last date of submission is October 31, 2024.

Click here to view the official notification of NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge.