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🌕 Opportunity: New Solicitation for Lunar Technologies!
NASA has issued a new solicitation to work with partners in advancing critical lunar surface technologies in the key areas including vertical solar arrays, ISRU oxygen production, radioisotope generators, in‑space manufacturing, and advanced nanomaterials — capabilities that are essential to establishing an enduring @NASAMoonBase at the lunar South Pole.
📅 Responses are due October 8, 2026. 🔗
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Attention middle & high schoolers: The 6th @NASA TechRise Student Challenge is now open! Submit a proposal for a chance to fly your experiment on a NASA-sponsored high-altitude balloon flight test with @aerostarint. No experience needed! 🎈
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Last call! Registration for NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table is closing this Friday. Submit your idea of a complete meal plan for a crew on Mars for a chance to win part of the $750,000 prize pool.
Learn more and register:
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🚀 Student projects take flight! 🎈
On July 1, 25 middle & high school experiments launched aboard a @worldviewspace high-altitude balloon as part of the fifth @NASA TechRise Student Challenge.
Check it out & pre-register now for next year’s challenge! 📚✨
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Registration for the Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table closes in one month! Join NASA and other experts for a webinar on July 9 at 12pm ET to answer your questions and get final reminders.
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NASA has issued a draft solicitation to advance critical lunar and cislunar technologies.
The focus: closing gaps in vertical solar arrays, ISRU oxygen production, Stirling radioisotope generators, in‑space manufacturing, and advanced nanomaterials.
These efforts aim to mature key systems, accelerating progress toward NASA’s Moon Base and near‑term missions.
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Gas stations in space? We’re working on it! ⛽
NASA is teaming up with Rocket Lab and Eta Space for LOXSAT, a low Earth orbit technology demo to address the challenges of using super-cold fuel in space. Launching aboard an Electron rocket, this demonstration could help shape the future of in-space propellant depots to refuel missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond:
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