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NASA Autonomous Observation Challenge

Posted on: July 15th, 2021 in: National NASA

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Do you have a technology for small spacecraft that can be used to autonomously detect, locate, track, and collect data on transient terrestrial events or maintain line of sight communication with an object on the lunar surface? NASA would love to know about it!

To support future missions, NASA seeks to advance observation capabilities using adaptive, distributed, heterogeneous networks of spacecraft, suborbital, and ground-based sensors working cooperatively.

Award: Up to $500K to develop innovative observation technologies for small spacecraft that can be tested on suborbital flights.

To participate, you must first register no later than Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at 5:00 PM Pacific.