2025-2026 COSMIC Capstone Challenge Final Showcase
On April 13th -16th, COSMIC’s Workforce Development Focus Area hosted the Second Annual COSMIC Capstone Challenge (C3) Showcase!
34 teams of 280+ college students from around the country showcased their presentations in competition to develop In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) concepts.
Over the four-day competition, presentations were made in-person and virtually spanning the El Segundo, California campus of The Aerospace Corporation, the NASA
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
Congratulations to Deep Interstellar Solutions of Kennesaw State University on their C3 victory! We look forward to seeing them present their concept during the May 1st COSMIC Community Brief.
In the category of Best Prototype, the winner is C3PO from Virginia Tech!
You can watch the four days of presentations on the COSMIC YouTube channel here.
The competitor’s final briefings can be found here.