Centennial Challenges
Challenge Winners
NASA uses robots and robotic technology to explore other planets and objects in our solar system, assist astronauts on the Space Station, study the universe, and much more. Right now there are NASA robots are millions of miles away helping us better understand what’s out there.
3D Printed Habitat Challenge
Phase 3, Level 1 | Virtual | July 23, 2018
1st Place | Team Zopherus | $20,957.95
2nd Place| AI. SpaceFactory | $20,957.24
3rd Place | Kahn-Yates | $20,622.74
4th Place | SEArch+/Apis Cor | $19,580.97
5th Place | Northwestern University | $17,881.10
Phase 3, Level 2 | Virtual | August 22, 2018
1st Place | SEArch+/Apis Cor | $55,154.77
2nd Place | Pennsylvania State University | $32,914.75
3rd Place | FormForge | Austin Industries | WPM | $31,930.48
Phase 2, Level 3 | Peoria, IL | August 26, 2017
1st Place | Foster + Partners | Branch Technology | $250,000
2nd Place | Pennsylvania State University | $150,000
Phase 2, Level 2 | Peoria, IL | July 6, 2017
1st Place | Moon X Construction | (international team; not eligible for prize money)
2nd Place |Form Forge, Oregon State University | $67,465
3rd Place | Foster + Partners | Branch Technology | $63,783
4th Place | University of Alaska of Fairbanks | $35,573
5th Place | CTL Group Mars | $34,202
6th Place | ROBOCON | (international team, not eligible for prize money)
Phase 2, Level 1 | Peoria, IL | May 4, 2017
1st Place |Foster + Partners | Branch Technology | $85,930
2nd Place |University of Alaska, Fairbanks | $14,070
Phase 1| Queens, NY| May 4, 2017
1st Place | Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office | $25K
2nd Place | Gamma | $15K
3rd Place | LavaHive
Space Robotics Challenge
Space Robotics Challenge Qualifying Round | Virtual | Feb. 7, 2017
1st Place | Coordinated Robotics | $125,000
2nd Place | Walk Softly | $100,000
3rd Place | Team Olympus | (international team, not eligible for prize money)
4th Place | ZARJ | $25,000
CO2 Conversion Challenge
Teams Air Company of Brooklyn, New York; Hago Energetics Inc. of Thousand Oaks, California; and SSwEET from the University of California, Berkeley will take home equal shares of the $650,000 base prize
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/75K-awarded-in-competition-to-convert-carbon-dioxide-into-sugar.html (Get Info From This)
Vascular Tissue Challenge
Two teams of scientists from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have won first and second place in NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge. The prize competition aims to accelerate tissue engineering innovations to benefit people on Earth today and space explorers in the future.
Mars Ascent Vehicle
Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize | Toney, AL | Apr 16, 2016
1st Place | Cornell University | $25K
2nd Place | Madison West (Wis.) High School | $15K
3rd Place | Tarleton State University | $10K
Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize | Toney, AL | Apr 16, 2015
1st Place | North Carolina State University | $25K
2nd Place |Tarleton State University | $15K
Sample Return Robot
Sample Return Robot | Toney, AL | Apr 16, 2015
1st Place | West Virginia University | $750K (Level 2)
Sample Return Robot | Toney, AL | Jun 11, 2016
1st Place | Team AL | $5K (Level 1)
2nd Place | Alabama Astrobotics | $5K (Level 1)
3rd Place | Mind & Iron | $5K (Level 1)
4th Place | MAXed OUT | $5K (Level 1)
5th Place | Sirius | $5K (Level 1)
Sample Return Robot | Toney, AL | Jun 13, 2015
1st Place |West Virginia University | $100K (Level 2)
Sample Return Robot | Toney, AL | Jun 13, 2014
1st Place |West Virginia University | $5K (Level 1)
Sample Return Robot | Toney, AL | Jun 8, 2013
1st Place |Survey | $5K (Level 1)
Strong Tether
The 2011 Strong Tether Centennial Challenge was held at the Space Elevator Conference in Redmond, WA on August 12, 2011. The Space Elevator Conference, sponsored by Microsoft, The Leeward Space Foundation and The International Space Elevator Consortium has hosted the Tether competition for 5 years and for this, the fifth year, there has yet to be a winner
https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_stage_innovation/centennial_challenges/tether/index.html
Regolith Excavation
Regolith Excavation | Mountain View, CA | Oct 17-18, 2019
1st Place | Paul’s Robotics | $500K
2nd Place | Terra Engineering | $150K
3rd Place | Brando | $100K
Lunar Lander
Lunar Lander | Las Cruces, NM | Oct 24-25, 2008
1st Place | Armadillo Aerospace | $350K
Lunar Lander, Level 2 | Various | Jul-Oct, 2009
1st Place | Masten Space Systems | $1M
2nd Place | Armadillo Aerospace | $500K
Lunar Lander, Level 1 | Various | Jul-Oct, 2009
2nd Place | Masten Space Systems | $1M
Astronaut Glove
Astronaut Glove | Titusville, FL | Nov 19 , 2009
1st Place | Peter Homer | $250K
2nd Place | Ted Southern | $100K
Astronaut Glove | Windsor Locks, CT| May 2-3, 2007
1st Place | Peter Homer | $500K
General Aviation Technology
General Aviation Technology | Santa Rosa, CA | Aug 4th-10th,2008
1st Place | Place Vance Turner | $61,375
2nd Place | Place John Dunham | $31,875
3rd Place | Place Bob Basham | $3,750
Green Flight
Green Flight Challenge | Santa Rosa, CA | Sept 25- Oct 1, 2011
1st Place | Pipistrel-USA | $1.35M 2nd Place | e-Genius | $120K
Personal Air Vehicle
Personal Air Vehicle | Santa Rosa, CA | Aug 4, 2007
1st Place | Vance Turner | $160K
2nd Place | David Anders | $65K
3rd Place | John Rehn | $25K
Power Beaming
Power Beaming | DFRC, Edwards, CA | Nov 4-6, 2009
1st Place | LaserMotive, LLC | $900K
Cube Quest
Cube Quest | Ground Tournament 1 | Virtual | Aug 28, 2015
1st Place | Team Miles | $20K
2nd Place | MIT KitCube | $20K
3rd Place | CisLunar Explorers | $20K
4th Place | Novel Engineering | $20K
5th Place | Ragnarok Industries | $20K
Cube Quest | Ground Tournament 2 | Virtual | Mar 17, 2016
1st Place | CisLunar Explorers | $30K
2nd Place | MIT KitCube | $30K
3rd Place | EDS Triteria | $30K
4th Place | CU-E3 | $30K
5th Place | Team Miles | $30K
Cube Quest | Ground Tournament 3 |Virtual | Mar 24, 2016
1st Place | Team Miles | $30,000
2nd Place | Cislunar Explorers | $30,000
3rd Place | CU-E3 | $30,000
4th Place | KitCube | $30,000
5th Place | SEDS Triteia | $30,000
Cube Quest | Ground Tournament 4 | Virtual| Jun 8, 2017
1st Place | Cislunar Explorers, Cornell University | $20,000
2nd Place | CU-E3, University of Colorado in Boulder | $20,000
3rd Place | Team Miles, Fluid & Reason, LLC | $20,000