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  • NASA Glove Challenge Winner  →

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

  • Designing Astronaut Gloves  →

    11.19.09
    A NASA-sponsored event challenges inventors to create the next astronaut glove.

  • Teams Compete to Build Better Astronaut Glove  →

    11.19.09
    If it fits like a glove, it may just win the prize. NASA is offering a total of $400,000 to inventors who can make stronger and more dexterous spacesuit gloves Thursday in the second Astronaut Glove Challenge.

  • NASA Challenges Inventors to Improve Space Gloves  →

    11.19.09
    The gloves are off when it comes to the latest advancement in aerospace technology. NASA thinks a little competition and $400,000 in prize money might launch the latest in space hand wear during its Astronaut Glove Challenge today at the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

  • The Astronaut Glove Challenge: Big Innovation from a (Very) Small Team  →

    Winter 2008
    This is a story about what it took to compete in and win the 2007 Astronaut Glove Challenge, one of seven competitions organized under NASA's Centennial Challenges program.

  • NASA Space Technologies Go Mainstream  →

    11.11.09
    NASA technologies that have recently made their way into the commercial sector include a scheduling system used by hospitals, an object-oriented modeling language for green manufacturing, and microscopic circuits aimed at the 3G cellular market.

  • Sensors Provide Early Warning of Biological Threats  →

    11.11.09
    In order to help detect biological traces on Mars, scientists at Ames Research Center began work on an ultrasensitive biosensor in 2002.

  • A Phenomenal Week for Prizes!  →

    11.10.09
    NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program awarded $1.65 million in prize money to a pair of innovative aerospace companies (Masten Space Systems and Armadillo Aerospace) that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again. These flights were done to win the Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

  • Masten Using Challenge Prize Money To Improve Lander  →

    11.09.09
    Masten Space Systems, fresh from a million-dollar win in the NASA-sponsored Lunar Lander X-Prize Challenge, hopes to use its vertical-takeoff-and-landing rocket technology to launch a commercial enterprise by the middle of next year.

  • Power-Beamers Rise Again  →

    11.03.09
    Just as one big-money contest for high-tech innovators winds down, another revs up: The $2 million Power Beaming Challenge, a competition that could lay the groundwork for future space elevators, is getting under way - and you can follow the action live.