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NASA Announces Winners of Mars Food System Competition

NASA has named the winners of its Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table.

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How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.

  1. A1

    NASA is the United States space agency.

  2. A2

    NASA is the United States space agency.

  3. B1

    NASA has named the winners of its Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table.

  4. B2

    NASA has named the winners of its Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table.

  5. C1

    Currently, astronaut meals are cooked and packaged on Earth before being sent to the International Space Station.

  6. C2

    Currently, astronaut meals are cooked and packaged on Earth before being sent to the International Space Station.

Key words

Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.

competition
an event where people try to win by being the best
award
to give a prize or money to someone for doing something well
concept
an idea or basic principle of how something works
fermentation
a chemical change in food or drink caused by bacteria or yeast
reserve
an extra amount of something kept for future use
exploration
the act of traveling to a new place to learn about it

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.

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