June 5, 2024
NASA TechLeap Prize Announces Three Winners of Universal Payload Interface Challenge
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The Space Technology Payload Challenge is the fourth NASA TechLeap Prize competition.
This challenge is seeking solutions from eligible individuals, teams, and organizations who can develop a flight-ready payload that addresses one or more of NASA’s technology shortfalls.
In April 2024, NASA published a document describing 187 shortfalls — that is, technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs. NASA asked the aerospace community to rate their importance. The effort led by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) aims to better integrate the community’s most pervasive technical problems to help guide its space technology development and investments. The Space Technology Payload Challenge focuses on a selected set of shortfalls that have a high likelihood of a flight test accelerating their technology development.
Visit the Challenge Website