{"id":519135,"date":"2024-04-19T10:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=519135"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:12:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:12:33","slug":"nighttime-precision-landing","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/nasa-techleap-prize-information\/nighttime-precision-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nighttime Precision Landing (NASA TechLeap)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center 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bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNighttime Precision Landing\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA NASA TechLeap Challenge\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 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https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?resize=900,506 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-0 padding-bottom-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md display-block width-full margin-bottom-1\"><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-6 padding-bottom-5 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 padding-0\">The NASA TechLeap Prize’s Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge is advancing the affordability and reducing the complexity of precision landing capabilities to deliver spacecraft to safe landing locations, particularly when the terrain is hazardous and lighting conditions are challenging. Flight testing of the technologies developed by the three winners will take place over a lunar surface proving ground. <br><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/nasa-techleap-prize-information\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md\">\n                                Learn more about NASA’s TechLeap Prize <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about <\/span>                            <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2 margin-right-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Flight Provider<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0\">Astrobotic<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2 margin-left-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Flight Test Platform<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0\">Rocket-powered lander<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2 margin-right-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Flight no earlier Than<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0\">Summer 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2 margin-left-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Location<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0\">Lunar Surface Proving Ground, Mojave, California<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"#challenge\">About the Challenge<\/a><\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"#winners\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#moonfall\">Winners’ Payloads<\/a>  |  <a href=\"#Location\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#alist\">About the Flight Test Location<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"#TetheredFTVideo\"><strong>Watch Tethered Night Flight<\/strong><\/a><br><strong><a href=\"#news\">News<\/a><\/strong>  |  <strong><a href=\"#other_challenges\">Other Challenges<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"challenge\">Detecting Hazards in the Dark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA and others plan to send small landers to scientifically interesting places on the Moon and beyond. Yet, many of the most scientifically interesting places also present some of the most challenging and hazardous terrains to land safely. Precision landing capabilities to deliver spacecraft to safe landing locations in close proximity of targeted exploration sites is a high priority for human and robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere in the solar system. While significant efforts have gone into the development of precise navigation capabilities, challenges remain with the identification of safe landing sites, especially hazard-free landing sites within shadowed and dark surface regions while using smaller and less expensive hazard detection systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners of Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge seek to test less expensive, smaller, and lower mass systems for detecting hazards from an altitude of 250 meters or higher to generate terrain maps suitable for facilitating safe landings in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.precisionlanding1.nasatechleap.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.precisionlanding1.nasatechleap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the NASA TechLeap website for this challenge<\/a>. Carrot is the challenge administrator for TechLeap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"winners\">The Winners’ Payloads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><a href=\"#moonfall\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#moonfall\">MoonFALL<\/a>  |  <a href=\"#alist\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#alist\">A-LiST<\/a>  |  <a href=\"#littleowl\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#littleowl\">LITTLE OWL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"moonfall\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">Cal Poly Pomona's Bronco Space Club<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">MoonFALL<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Developed by Cal Poly Pomona's Bronco Space Club, the MoonFALL (Moon Fast and Accurate Lidar Localization) technology leverages a light projector to project a grid of reflective points visible to a camera, creating an initial geometry map. The system uses a combination of structured light and lidar (light detection and ranging) \u2013 along with advances in computer vision, machine learning, robotics, and computing \u2013\u00a0to generate a map that reconstructs lunar terrain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/354\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Learn more about MoonFALL<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><video class=\"hds-video-background\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" loop=\"true\" muted=\"true\" playsinline=\"true\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cpp-zachgaines-ntpl-animation-moonlanding-02162023.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Designed to advance terrain-relative navigation, MoonFALL (Moon Fast and Accurate Lidar Localization) leverages structured light superimposed over a potential landing area in combination with advanced image processing and lidar. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Bronco Space<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"alist\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">University of South Florida<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">A-LiST<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Designed at the University of South Florida to reduce the size, mass, and cost of precision terrain mapping technology, the A-LiST (Automated Lidar Scanning Topography) sensor combines multiple commercially available light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor heads to collect point data across multiple perspectives simultaneously. By utilizing simultaneous localization and mapping algorithms, A-LiST will synthesize the data from the lidar to form a complete topographical map.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/355\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Learn more about A-LiST<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black cube-shaped sensor payload mounted in cross-shaped metal frame. An illustration showing it in position is overlaid.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 44% 3%; object-position: 44% 3%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg 1516w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=768,480 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=1024,640 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=400,250 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=600,375 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=900,562 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usf-a-list-04152024.jpg?resize=1200,750 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The A-LiST sensor is designed to reduce the size, mass, and cost of precision terrain mapping technology in an effort to enable hazard detection during terminal entry, descent, and landing on the Moon in the dark. Four lidar sensor heads connect to the processing and power electronics in the center of the unit, providing a sensor field of view (light blue) that avoids the rocket-powered lander vehicle’s structure.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">University of South Florida<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"littleowl\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">Falcon ExoDynamics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">LITTLE OWL<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Developed by Falcon ExoDynamics, LITTLE OWL (Low SWAP-C Nighttime Landing Hazard Detection System) integrated sensing system is comprised of a high-resolution visible spectrum camera, high-lumen LED floodlight, small gimbal, and GPU-based processor to perform sensing of terrain\u202fin the dark\u202ffrom an altitude of 400 meters and higher to help identify hazards and safe landing sites for spacecraft.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/353\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Learn more about LITTLE OWL<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Two men working with tech on platform\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/falcon-exodynamics-t0353-s-preintegrationactivities-03072024.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA TechLeap winners from Falcon ExoDynamics install their payload designed to help spacecraft land safely in low-light conditions \u2013\u00a0the focus of the Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge. LITTLE OWL includes a bright light along with advanced image processing and lidar technologies.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Falcon ExoDynamics<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Location\">About the Flight Test Location<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"lunarsurfprov\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">About the flight test location<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">Lunar Surface Proving Ground<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Built in preparation for flights tests conducted as part of the TechLeap Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge, Astrobotic's nearly 100-meter-by-100-meter 3D test field provides a realistic lunar topography for spacecraft and rover sensors and systems. It also offers a facility for simulating the extreme lighting conditions encountered at the lunar poles. The company built the lunar surface analogue test site for a variety of test campaigns, from precise lunar landing technologies to lunar rovers and other robotic systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrobotic.com\/astrobotic-building-a-3d-lunar-surface-for-testing-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Learn more about the test field <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View of desert floor rendered to look like the moon surface.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/astrobotic-lunarsurfaceprovingground-04112024.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astrobotic’s 3D lunar surface proving ground mimics the topography and optical properties of the Moon\u2019s surface.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Astrobotic<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"TetheredFTVideo\">Watch a Tethered Night Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xodiac Night Flight 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QmQjj-r97Sg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Astrobotic\u2019s Propulsion & Test department flew Xodiac \u2013 a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing reusable terrestrial rocket \u2013 for a tethered night test in March 2024. This test prepared Xodiac for upcoming flight testing with the NASA TechLeap Prize\u2019s Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge, managed by NASA\u2019s Flight Opportunities program. <em>Credits: Astrobotic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"news\" class=\"hds-card-carousel padding-x-4 padding-y-5 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-carousel\">\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-header grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge News<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-cards grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included position-relative  hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Moon's Bhabha crater.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bhabha_crater_image.png?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">NASA TechLeap Winners Advance Technology to Aid Lunar Landings<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\"><\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-techleap-winners-advance-technology-to-aid-lunar-landings\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read the article<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of lunar landing equipment\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/probes.jpg?resize=900,506 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">NASA Challenge Seeks Tech to Shine Light on Precision Lunar Landings<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\"><\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-challenge-seeks-tech-to-shine-light-on-precision-lunar-landings\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read the article<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"other_challenges\" class=\"hds-card-carousel padding-x-4 padding-y-5 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-carousel\">\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-header grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Other NASA TechLeap Challenges<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-cards grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included position-relative  hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Orion Labs\u2019 Quantum Earth Observatory launches on an Aerostar high-altitude balloon from the company\u2019s facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on July 28, 2022. The observatory hardware is housed in the gondola seen carried below the balloon.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png 1294w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=400,224 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=900,505 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=1200,673 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Autonomous Observation Challenge (AOC)<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\"><\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/nasa-techleap-prize-information\/autonomous-observation-challenge\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Learn more about the AOC challenge<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View into space and earth from spacecraft window\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/virgingalactic-first-spaceflight-cockpit-2020.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Universal Payload Interface Challenge (UPIC)<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\"><\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/nasa-techleap-prize-information\/universal-payload-interface\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Learn more about the UPIC<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/space-technology-mission-directorate\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?w=525\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=263,400 263w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=394,600 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-solicitations-and-opportunities\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>STMD Solicitations and Opportunities<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1161\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/stmd-solicitations.jpg?w=1161\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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