Projects: Apophis Mission Design Competition
Project Updates
April 29, 2009: Apophis Mission Design Competition at the Planetary Defense Conference
One highlight of the Planetary Defense Conference has been the chance to see all of The Planetary Society's Apophis Mission Design Competition winning teams. Not only are these teams here, they are also all continuing work on their mission designs and related studies, and presenting their mission designs to space agencies and colleagues. More »
February 26, 2008: Planetary Society Names Winners of $50,000 Asteroid
Tagging Competition
First place went to the team led by SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. of Atlanta,
Georgia in conjunction with SpaceDev, Inc., Poway, California for their mission,
entitled Foresight. The Georgia Institute of Technology, also coincidentally
in Atlanta, Georgia, took first place in the student category, winning $5,000. More »
May 23, 2007: Asteroid Tagging Contest
Generates Worldwide Interest
More than 100 teams and individuals from 25 nations are developing
plans that could save Earth from a killer asteroid. All have sent
The Planetary Society notices of their intent to enter the Apophis
Mission Design Competition, which invites participants to compete
for $50,000 in prize money by designing a mission to rendezvous with
and "tag" a
potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid. More »
April 30, 2007: Apophis Mission Design Competition Rules Change
Because of confusion expressed by various groups over one section of wording
in the original Apophis rules, the rules will be changed as follows. More »
December 30, 2006: Apophis Mission Design Competition Rules
The purpose of the competition is to gather a diverse and large suite of
entries that can be a creative and useful starting point for a potential
space agency project to tag any asteroid that may be coming dangerously close
to Earth. More »
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