Space Tech Challenge Awards Finalists
Aviation Week is proud to announce the finalists for the inaugural Space Tech Challenge Awards.
Winners will be announced live June 3, at the Space Tech Expo in Anaheim, CA
Colonization
- Accurate Atom Inc. — Modular Electrocatalytic ISRU System
- Lead Tech S.r.l. — ExtrEMo (Extraterrestrial Expandable Module)
- Skyeports — LUNGS (Lunar Glass Structures)
Industrialization
- Albany Engineered Composites — Near Net Shape Carbon-Carbon
- Trilion Quality Systems — Optical 3D Digital Image Correlation
- Varda Space Industries — W-Series Reentry Capsule
Protection & Defense
- Array Labs — Distributed Cooperative Radar Satellite Constellation
- Connectical – LiteGuard — Ultra-Lightweight EMI/RFI Shielding Braid
- ThinkOrbital, Inc. — ThinkX (Space-Based X-Ray Satellite Inspection)
Commercialization
- Blueshift — AeroZero Tapes
- Flexell Space Corp — CIGS-Perovskite Flexible Space Solar Cells
- Northrop Grumman — Enhanced Commercial Cygnus Spacecraft
University Programs
- Arizona State University — Nanobubble Gas Transfer Technology
- LASSENA École de technologie supérieure — SAFARI
- Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University — Cislunar Integrated Utility Node
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — LEAP