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Micro-g NExT

  • Last Updated: March 14, 2025

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About the competition

Micro-g NExT challenges undergraduate students to design, build, and test tools or devices that solve real-world space exploration challenges. Students direct testing of their prototypes in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.

Comp Info

  • Estimated Ann. Participants: 100
  • Cost: Free
  • Estimated Time Commitment: Significant
  • Participant Format: Small Team
  • Event Format: Online Asynchronous
  • Competition Format: Design, Simulation/Challenge
  • Reach: National
  • Event Size: Very Small

Participation Information

Teams propose designs and build prototypes. Professional divers test the devices in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, with students guiding the process remotely.
Based on design effectiveness, innovation, alignment with NASA’s space exploration goals, and performance in testing.
Trophies, certificates, and recognition for innovative microgravity solutions
Teams propose designs and build prototypes. Professional divers test the devices in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, with students guiding the process remotely.
1. Register and submit a proposal. 2. Build and test a prototype based on NASA's space exploration needs. 3. Finalists test their designs in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
Engineering tools, design materials, prototypes
Based on design effectiveness, innovation, alignment with NASA's space exploration goals, and performance in testing.

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