{"id":3693,"date":"2026-06-02T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:56:01","slug":"nasa-space-roboticist-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3693","title":{"rendered":"NASA Space Roboticist Challenge &#8211; NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/goddard\/nasas-fly-foundational-robots-demo-to-bolster-in-space-infrastructure\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/goddard\/nasas-fly-foundational-robots-demo-to-bolster-in-space-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fly Foundational Robots (FFR)<\/a> mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers \u2014 principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers, professors, and highly qualified graduate students \u2014 who have a compelling experiment and the capability to execute it.<\/p>\n<p>All participants must submit eligibility documentation at registration. Once your eligibility is reviewed and confirmed, you will receive access to the Phase 1 submission portal.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phase 0 \u2014 Eligibility Registration<\/strong><br \/>Begin by completing your eligibility registration. Submission documentation is required at this stage as part of federal competition requirements. Registration closes\u202fat 12:59 p.m. ET (11:59 p.m. CT) on Sept. 23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phase 1 \u2014 White Paper Submission<\/strong><br \/>Submit a white paper proposing a short, focused experiment using the FFR robotic arm. Up to 15 teams advance to Phase 2. Submission closes\u202fat 12:59 p.m. ET (11:59 p.m. CT) on Oct. 2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phase 2 \u2014 Simulation &amp; Validation<\/strong><br \/>Invited participants conduct simulation and validation testing, including visits to Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Teams that pass validation will receive an offer of on-orbit experiment time on the FFR Mission<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge Registration Open Date:\u00a0<\/strong>May 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge Registration Close Date:<\/strong>\u00a0September 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, visit<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceroboticistchallenge.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/spaceroboticistchallenge.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers \u2014 principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers, professors, and highly qualified graduate students \u2014 who have a compelling experiment and the capability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2386,2387,2381,2385,2382,2383,2384,5],"tags":[2379,2380,2374,2378,2375,2376,2377],"class_list":["post-3693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crowdsourcing-news","category-and-crowdsourcing-program","category-center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci","category-challenges","category-coeci-news","category-opportunities-to-contribute-to-nasa-missions-get-involved","category-prizes","category-science","tag-crowdsourcing-news","tag-and-crowdsourcing-program","tag-center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci","tag-challenges","tag-coeci-news","tag-opportunities-to-contribute-to-nasa-missions-get-involved","tag-prizes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}