Centennial Challenges

Six Finalists Named in NASA’s $3.5 Million Break the Ice Challenge – NASA

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Six Finalists Named in NASA’s .5 Million Break the Ice Challenge – NASA

By Savannah Bullard The stage is set for the finale of NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge. Conceived in 2020, Break the Ice tasked innovators with creating robotic systems that can traverse the volatile terrain of the Lunar South Pole. These robots must be able to dig into the Moon’s regolith – the dusty, icy … Read more

Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge – NASA

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Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge – NASA

By Savannah Bullard Artemis I launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new era of space exploration and inching the agency closer to sending the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface. Aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were 10 small satellites, no … Read more