Two Indian Americans Among 10 Finalists in NASA’s Space Challenge

The winners were announced by NASA in partnership with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation that managed the competition.

Ryan Beam was able to impress the judges with his ClipCatch design that lets astronauts in space to clip their fingernails without bothering about the clippings floating away and become harmful debris in the future. He will also receive a scholarship to attend Space Camp Huntsville, Alabama for one week.

The video, which was made using a professional camera that is widely used in film industries all over the world today, different colors, textures, and movements of the water ball are portrayed in stunning detail.

The final prize was awarded to Ryan Beam, from California.

The camera’s enhanced picture quality allows both scientists and casual viewers to closely observe the water’s reaction to the dyes and effervescent substances Kelly introduces to it. The intent is to investigate the dynamics of water surface tension in a microgravity environment, but the film works just as well as high-concept orbital art, especially given the video’s requisite spacey music.

“The higher resolution images and higher frame rate videos can reveal more information when used on science investigations, giving researchers a valuable new tool aboard the space station”, NASA explained in a description of the video astronaut Scott Kelly recently took on board the ISS.

Students across the United States spent part of their summer using 3D modeling software to design containers that could be 3D printed, with the eventual goal of advancing human space exploration on the worldwide Space Station, Mars and beyond.

So now that you have seen water balls explode in space, what would you want NASA’s astronauts at the worldwide Space Station to record next?

“The simplest tasks on Earth can be quite challenging, and even unsafe, in space”, stated Niki Werkheiser, NASA’s In-Space Manufacturing project manager.