NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration
- On June 5, 2025, NASA initiated its third contract cycle under the Open Innovation Service program, with management based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- This launch aligns with NASA’s approach of leveraging crowdsourcing and international partnerships to effectively address the intricate difficulties involved in space exploration.
- The NOIS3 contract engages more than 25 awardees worldwide to deliver solutions using various crowdsourcing approaches, including open challenges, independent contractor assignments, and innovation scouting techniques.
- The $475 million, 10-year contract guarantees $500 minimum per awardee and allows extensions through May 31, 2035, with diverse organizations from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Australia.
- This initiative empowers NASA’s workforce, fosters innovation through new technologies and methodologies, and enhances collaboration to address space exploration’s critical problems.
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NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA continues to collaborate with global communities to solve complex challenges through crowdsourcing with a series of 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS) contracts managed by the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration, One Awardee is in Georgia
NASA continues to collaborate with global communities to solve complex challenges through crowdsourcing with a series of 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS) contracts managed by the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract aims to empower NASA’s workforce by actively engaging the public to find creative solutions to difficult space exploration challenges through rapid […] The post NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Ite…
NASA Awards 25 Spots on Third NOIS Contract Iteration
NASA has announced that it has awarded 25 new contracts, with a cumulative value of $475 million over 10 years, to empower the agency’s workforce through active engagement with the public. Creative Approaches to Space Exploration The agency said Thursday the 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service, or NOIS, contracts, managed by the Johnson Space Center
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NASA Leverages Global Collaboration to Tackle Space Exploration Challenges NASA is taking a significant step forward in its collaborative efforts to solve complex space exploration challenges by launching 25 new contracts under the NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS). Managed by the Johnson Space Center in Houston, these contracts aim to harness the power of crowdsourcing […]
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