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Lunar Autonomy Challenge: Selected Teams

December 6, 2024

Stefanie Payne

Congratulations to the selected teams and their schools who will participate in the Lunar Autonomy Challenge! 31 teams were selected for the qualifying round, engaging 229 students from colleges and universities in 15 states. Teams will now move on to a Qualifying Round where they will virtually explore and map the lunar surface using a digital twin of NASA’s lunar mobility robot, the…
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Northwestern University Takes Top Honors in BIG Idea Lunar Inflatables Challenge

November 19, 2024

Stefanie Payne

Following eight months of intense research, design, and prototyping, six university teams presented their “Inflatable Systems for Lunar Operations” concepts to a panel of judges at NASA’s 2024 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge forum. The challenge, funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and Office of STEM Engagement, seeks novel ideas from higher…
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Submit Your 2025 Event Proposal to NASA

October 23, 2024

Kelly M. Matter

NASA is making event plans for the 2025 calendar year, and we want to pencil you in! We are looking for the Midwest’s biggest and best community events with the broadest audiences to share NASA’s content and raise awareness of the agency’s most exciting aeronautics and space missions. NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is…
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NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge!

October 8, 2024

Stefanie Payne

Space is hard, but it’s not all hardware. The new Lunar Autonomy Challenge invites teams of students from U.S. colleges and universities to test their software development skills. Working entirely in virtual simulations of the Moon’s surface, teams will develop an autonomous agent using software that can accomplish pre-defined tasks without help from humans. These…
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Let It Go: (After Latching) Challenge

September 26, 2024

Sarah Douglas

NASA is seeking innovative solutions for a synchronized antenna deployment system. The primary objective is to develop a mechanism that ensures sequential deployment of antenna panels, addressing a critical aspect of space-based communication technology. In this challenge, participants are tasked with designing a mechanism that will release hexagonal panels in a predetermined sequence. Specifically, the…
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NASA, US Department of Education Bring STEM to After-School Programs

September 23, 2024

Abbey A. Donaldson

NASA and the U.S. Department of Education are teaming up to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education during after-school hours. The interagency program aims to reach approximately 1,000 students in more than 60 sites across 10 states to join the program, 21st Century Community Learning Centers. “Together with the Education Department,…
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NASA Expands Small Business, Industry Engagement Resources

September 23, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

Two new resources are available for businesses that provide products and services to support NASA’s missions, from supersonic flight to lunar exploration, as well as companies that aim to engage the agency as a customer. While NASA practices transparency in its procurement processes to ensure access and participation by all businesses, we recognize that barriers…
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Johnson Space Center Ignites STEM Passion at Houston’s Japan Festival

September 17, 2024

Sumer Loggins

From Sept. 6-7, 2024, NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the excitement of space exploration to the annual Japan Festival at Hermann Park in Houston. The lively cultural event featured traditional food, dance, martial arts, and more, while Johnson’s booth attracted attendees with interactive space exhibits and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities. Johnson employees…
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NASA Airport Throughput Prediction Challenge

September 13, 2024

Sarah Douglas

The Digital Information Platform (DIP) Sub-Project of Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) is seeking to make available in the National Airspace System a variety of live data feeds and services built on that data. The goal is to allow external partners to build advanced, data-driven services using this data, and to make these services…
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NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge

September 12, 2024

Sarah Douglas

NASA wants you to visualize the future of space exploration! This art challenge is looking for creative, artistic images to represent NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency’s roadmap for crewed exploration of deep space. With NASA’s Moon to Mars Objectives in hand, the agency is developing an architecture for crewed exploration of the Moon, Mars, and…
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Lunar Autonomy Challenge: Selected Teams

Northwestern University Takes Top Honors in BIG Idea Lunar Inflatables Challenge

Submit Your 2025 Event Proposal to NASA

NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge!

Let It Go: (After Latching) Challenge

NASA, US Department of Education Bring STEM to After-School Programs

NASA Expands Small Business, Industry Engagement Resources

Johnson Space Center Ignites STEM Passion at Houston’s Japan Festival

NASA Airport Throughput Prediction Challenge

NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge

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