Nichols Martin
Seven startups each won $90,000 in awards to develop technologies that can support small satellite science missions for NASA.
The space agency said Saturday it held a two-round competition to select the winners from a pool of 44 participants in the Entrepreneur’s Challenge.
The competition sought sensors, electronic systems and autonomous detection technologies for smallsats; sensors made of materials with non-natural properties; and instruments that can detect signs of life in oceanic environments.
A panel of judges downselected 10 companies that each received $10,000 then presented their entries. Seven finalists from two of the three focus areas secured additional prizes worth $80,000.
The seven winners of the Entrepreneur’s Challenge are:
- Morpheus Space
- Multiscale Systems
- Nebula Compute
- Niobium Microsystems
- OAM Photonics
- Resilient Computing
- Zephyr Computing
