MIT student teams win five top awards at NASA's 2026 RASC-AL moon base competition
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Three MIT teams comprising 35 students from eight MIT departments and Wellesley College earned five top awards at NASA's 2026 RASC-AL Forum. Their designs for critical early infrastructure elements for a moon base won first and second place overall, plus three best-in-theme awards, out of 75 submissions and 14 finalists. The ECLIPSE team was among the honorees for their work on lunar power systems.
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· 3 pulledThree teams comprising 35 students across eight different MIT departments and Wellesley College have been at work since fall 2025, designing critical early infrastructure elements that a moon base would require.
Among 75 submissions and 14 finalists, the MIT teams earned first and second place in the competition, as well as three best-in-theme awards.
The Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm (ECLIPSE) team won...
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