Following a successful inaugural year of ingenuity and career building, NASA ORBIT has officially returned for a second season to bring university and college student innovation to the forefront of Earth technology development and deep-space exploration.
Expanded for its second season with up to $500,000 in total prize funding, NASA’s ORBIT invites student teams to explore their boldest ideas and invent their brightest solutions.
ORBIT has two challenge tracks for teams to choose from.
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Following a successful inaugural year of ingenuity and career building, NASA ORBIT has officially returned for a second season to bring university and college student innovation to the forefront of Earth technology development and deep-space exploration.
Registration for the 2026–2027 challenge is open through Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, through the NASA STEM Gateway.
Expanded for its second season with up to $500,000 in total prize funding, NASA’s ORBIT invites student teams to explore their boldest ideas and invent their brightest solutions. Through the competition, students must conduct targeted research, conceptualize early models, and perform feasibility analyses to refine their proposals.
ORBIT has two challenge tracks for teams to choose from. Participants in the ORBIT Earth track must select a NASA-owned patent and develop novel commercial or nonprofit applications addressing terrestrial problems.
The ORBIT Space focuses on next-generation space exploration technology designed to support NASA’s Artemis program and future initiatives to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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