{"id":252312,"date":"2025-07-16T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=885247"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:06:08","slug":"nasa-glenn-announces-2025-drop-tower-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=252312","title":{"rendered":"NASA Glenn Announces 2025 Drop Tower Challenge Winners\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, technicians at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland help lower student experiments in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower. <\/div>\n
Credit:<\/strong> NASA\/Jef Janis<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Nineteen teams of students from across the nation in grades 8-12 worked for months in classrooms, labs, basements, and garages for the opportunity to test their projects at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This spring, the teams\u2019 hard work was put to the test in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower facility at NASA Glenn.  <\/p>\n

The \u201c2025 Drop Tower Challenge: Paddle Wheel\u201d invited teams to design and build paddle wheels that rotate in water during free fall. The wheels could not rotate by mechanical means. A better understanding of fluid behavior in microgravity could improve spacecraft systems for cooling, life support, and propellants.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, May 6, 2025, NASA Glenn Research Center technicians \u2014 left to right, John Doehne, Jason West, and Moses Brown \u2014 prepare the 2.2. Second Drop Tower for testing student experiments during the 2025 Drop Tower Challenge. <\/div>\n
Credit: NASA\/Jef Janis<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Based on test performance, analyses, reports, the students\u2019 approach to the challenge, and more, the following teams have been identified as the winners:  <\/p>\n