°®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ-Partnered NASA Program Receives Prestigious Award
The Centennial Challenges program °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ was recently a part of just earned itself the NASA Team Silver Medal Award.
09/03/2020 1:00 AM
The Centennial Challenges program °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ was recently a part of just earned itself the NASA Team Silver Medal Award. This prestigious award is only received by a few government and non-government individuals/teams every few years.
The Centennial Challenges program NASA partnered with °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ on was the , a competition to build a 3D-printed habitat for deep space exploration. This multi-phase challenge was designed to advance the construction technology needed to create sustainable housing solutions for Earth and beyond. °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ served as the competition’s nonprofit educational partner until completion. Wrapping up in May of 2019, the competition awarded a total of $2,061,023 to its participants.
The directors of the NASA Center deemed the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge a “stellar achievement” that supports NASA’s core values. The NASA Team Silver Medal Award is awarded when the directors find it “extraordinarily important and appropriate to recognize such achievement in a timely and personalized manner.”