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  • Astronauts' Space Gloves Work Fingers to the Bone  →

    11.24.09
    NASA's been working to improve spacesuits for decades, thinking ahead to tougher missions. Now others are doing it for prize money and making an impact.

  • Engineer Wins Top Prize in Space Glove Contest  →

    11.20.09
    An aerospace engineer from Maine, the reigning champion of NASA's Astronaut Glove Challenge, held onto his title Thursday to win first prize in a competition to build a better space glove than those worn by astronauts today.

  • $350,000 Given in Glove Design  →

    11.20.09
    The two competitors sat side by side, waiting like contestants at a high school science fair. But here, at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville Thursday evening, much more was at stake: $400,000 in total prize money for designing gloves that exceeded the requirements of a NASA astronaut glove.

  • NASA Glove Challenge Winner  →

    11.20.09
    Peter Homer won $250,000 in NASA's first-ever Astronaut Glove Challenge.

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