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Top Prize Awarded in Lunar Autonomy Challenge to Virtually Map Moon’s Surface
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NASA named Stanford University of California winner of the Lunar Autonomy Challenge, a six-month competition for U.S. college and university…

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NASA Goes Live on Twitch: Design Artemis II Moon Mascot
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NASA will host a live Twitch event to highlight the ongoing Moon Mascot Challenge, which invites the public to design…

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Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge
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NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national…

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Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner PRISM is Using AI to Enable Insights from Geospatial Data
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NASA sponsored Entrepreneurs Challenge events in 2020, 2021, and 2023 to invite small business start-ups to showcase innovative ideas and…

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NASA Announces Call for New Computing Approaches to Earth Science
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In an open challenge, NASA is seeking innovative business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems…

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NASA Selects 14 Finalist Teams for the 2025 RASC-AL Competition
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Fourteen university teams have been selected as finalists for NASA’s 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. This…

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Beyond the Algorithm Challenge
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The NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) seeks solutions to complex Earth Science problems using transformative or unconventional computing technologies…

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Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge
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Will you design the zero gravity indicator (ZGI) that accompanies the Artemis II mission around the Moon? If your design…

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Novel Recuperator Design for Cryogenic Fluid Management System
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Cryocoolers are essential systems in many space exploration missions to maintain propellants at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic recuperators are a key…

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