With the space race in full force, NASA has been on the hunt for the top startups, inventors and organizations that will help them achieve their goals for space exploration and landing on Mars. With so many unique challenges to be met, a new approach was needed, which is how NASA iTech was born. This unique program was specifically designed to identify cutting edge technologies that are solving problems here on earth (with a commercial market) but also have the potential to solve challenges for NASA in space. This competition allows innovators from all around the country to present their ideas and products for a chance to work with some of the greatest minds at NASA. Last month, NASA announced the top 25 finalists from the iTech Cycle 1 and they’ve now narrowed them down to the top 10 finalists. These companies will present at the NASA iTech Forum July 12-13 while meeting with investors and NASA contractors, and the top three solutions will be chosen to work with the team at NASA and experts in the space industry. Innovation: Aesop Nucleus Challenge Area: X-Factor Innovations Innovation: Seamless and On-Demand Satellite Communications Architecture Challenge Area: X-Factor Innovations Innovation: In Vivo Metabolism Monitoring by Miniaturized NMR Spectroscopy Challenge Area: Medical Systems and Operations Diagnostic Digital Biomarkers Challenge Area: Medical Systems and Operations
Tissue Regeneration After Radiological and Acute Trauma in Space Challenge Area: Radiation Protection and Mitigation Autonomous Operations of Large-Scale Satellite Constellations and Ground Station Networks Challenge Area: Autonomy Modular Architecture Propulsion System (MAPSTM) Challenge Area: X-Factor Innovations Decentralized Global Computer Network Challenge Area: Big Data Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) for Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Unmet Needs Challenge Area: Autonomy Biologically Inspired Adaptive Anti-Icing Surfaces Challenge Area: X-Factor Innovations Read more about how space and Hollywood are collaborating at Tech.Co
