Lunar Exploration Winners

1st Place: ALGAE, from Jacksonville, FL

Created an algal oxygen production system for lunar habitats. Worked with a unique strain of algae to experiment on its ability to produce oxygen on the lunar surface.

A.L.G.A.E. Team Bio

2nd Place: We Miss Pluto, from Hampton, VA

Created a Helium-3 excavator and lunar rover designed to extract Helium 3 from the lunar regolith, store it, and prepare it for transportation back to Earth.

We Miss Pluto Team Bio

3rd Place: MAST, from Los Angeles, CA

Created an orbital railgun to aid in the Earth Departure System for lunar exploration. This rail gun will effectively eliminate the need for upper stage rocket engines for travel to the Moon.

Mast Team Bio

Personal Spaceflight Winners

1st Place: Final Frontier Apparel, from Los Angeles, CA

Created a mechanical counter-pressure spacesuit using electro-muscular stimulation to help prevent muscle degeneration.

Final Frontier Apparel Team Bio

2nd Place: Team GADGET,from Glenbrook, IL

Designed a plant growing chamber for use on space stations, the moon, or the Earth.

Gadget Team Bio

Renewable Energy Winners

1st Place: Harwell Asturias Labs, from Katy, TX

Created a motionless thermal generator to make electricity from ocean seafloor.

Harwell Asturias Team Bio

2nd Place: BioH, from Durham, NC

Created a system to using genetically engineered bacteria to generate hydrogen and designed a novel bio-reactor to convert the hydrogen into electricity.

BioH Team Bio

3rd Place: DC’s Army, Haverford, PA

Created a fitness bicycle that will generate electricity to help make fitness centers completely sustainable. The team’s innovative business and marketing plan will help propel this product forward.

(Re)Cycler Team Bio