Dassai Moon Project: Sake Space Shot a Success

DASSAI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries report a successful completion of the first mission of the "DASSAI MOON Project", an initiative aimed at producing sake on the surface of the Moon.

In this mission, specialized brewing equipment jointly developed by DASSAI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, along with sake raw materials, were launched to the International Space Station (ISS).

The experiment took place within JAXA's experimental facilities aboard the Japanese experiment module "Kibo," where conditions mimicking lunar gravity were established.

Under these conditions, the alcoholic fermentation process of sake was successfully confirmed for the first time in human history.

Following fermentation aboard "Kibo," the mash was returned to Earth and subsequently refined into sake at DASSAI's headquarters brewery in March of this year.

Achievement of the first human sake brewing outside the Earth: Analysis of the mash