NASA has announced the winners of the 2026 Human Lander Challenge, a competition where university teams developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers. The challenge aimed to advance technologies supporting the agency's Artemis program, which plans to return American astronauts to the lunar surface. The winning solutions were selected after months of research by participating teams.

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esdmd/artemis-campaign-development-division/human-landing-system-program/nasa-announces-winners-for-2026-human-lander-challenge/