National Space Society Space Settlement Contest 2026 Results

In 2026 we had 23,919 students from 31 countries around the world.

Winners

Grand Prize

Project Saoirse; Mahimn Patel, Muhammad Rehan Jafar, Lance Li, Aromal Mihraj, Rhythm Bhullar, Ved Joshi, Siddhant Vyas, Deep Patel, Aarsh Patel, Thanosan Prathifkumar, Neel Pathak; Central Peel Secondary School, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Grade 12, Large Group.

First Prizes

Grade 12 First Prize

• Hestia; Mihai Cheta; Saint Sava National College, Bucuresti, Romania; Individual.
• Bioma; Ioana Roznovanu, Andrei Popescu, Popa Cristina, Dinu Toma, Teodorescu Alexandru Druc; Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Project Demeter-Prime; Akshay Keerthi .R, Harith .A, Akshaya .J, Jhoshikka.S.S, Harikishan K.B, Sarath S.M, Pranav Kruthik.K.S, Allen George .L; Chaitanya Institution, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India; Large Group.

Grade 11 First Prize

• Athena; Popa Mihai Alexandru; Tg. Mures, Mures, Romania; Individual.
• Sagittarius-A26; Korosy Armin Endre, Radu Vlad Alexandru, Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Skylark; Laura-Daniela Chiscaru, Sai Miruna-Ioana, Zaharia Rares, Maria Mocanu, Miruna-Cristina Dumitru, Matei-Lucian Teodorescu, Cristian-Codrut Zegheru; Bucharest, Romania; Large group.

Grade 10 First Prize

• Helios Haven; Yaswanth China Venkat Pallapu; Chenchupeta Gopichand Techno School, Guntur, AP, India; Individual.
• Poeliastra; Pei Chin Tsai, Rou Yu Huang; Taipei, Taiwan; Small Group.
• Ad Astra; Shubhay Shah, Ishan Jha, Wesley Shen, Anders Lu, Steven Liang, Bryce Liang, Ryan Jian; Fullerton, California & Tenafly, New Jersey, USA; Large group (tie)
  
• Dava Orbital; Brebenaru Carina Stefania, Naghi Sabin Mihai, Niemesch Cristian Alexandru, Oprea Radu Stefan, Cristescu Rares, Danaila Razvan, Virlan Daria Ioana, Babu Ruxandra Elena, Alexa Maria Andreea, Barcutean Ruxandra Cosmina, Gruber Ingrid Andra, Craciun Sara Andreea; Colegiul National Sfantul Sava & Saint Sava National High School, Bucharest, Romania; Large group (tie).

Grade 9 First Prize

• Zenith Enclave; CH Deepak and team; Tadepalligudem SCTS Techno School, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Zinnia Glenn 776; Mocanu Anastasia, Belecciu Stefania, Demeca Tanase George, Dumitrescu Elisa-Emma; Liceul Teoretic Ovidius, Constanta, Romania; Small group.
• Icarus: Baiterek; Assan Tabyldy, Sabyrzhan Inkarbek, Mukhidin Zhaparov, Tomiris Kuzbakova, Tomiris Nursaidova, Ramazan Mamirov, Sayat Karim, Amina Umirbayeva, Melaniya Kim, Mansur Shaimerdenov, Daulet Yergeshbay, Shyngys Tokkozha; Nazarbayev Intellectual School Alamty-Medeu, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Large group.
  

Grade 8 First Prize

• Solara Haven; B Jaideep; Sri Chaitanya International School, Kukatpally CBSE, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Bloom Point; Sonia Rosca, Anna Buhai; Prems International Highschool, Brasov, Romania; Small Group.
• Project Soa; Aarna Uttarkar, Aanshika Patil, Chandraveer Datt, Shreepad Reddy, Vaishnavi Koralli, Shreyash Biradar; S.R.N Mehta CBSE School, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India; Large group.

Grade 7 and Younger First Prize

• Zeron Project; Aaradhya Sharma, SCTS High School, Karnal, Haryana, India; Individual.
• Aetherium; Ingrid Multescu, Antonia Dinu, Sofia Alexandra Neagu, Maria Pogurski, Eva Irina Isabel Luque Ascanio; Liceul Teoretic Scoala Mea, Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Dominus Anulorum; Kiaan Kamat, Ayan Kulkarni, Kabir Dhole, Ahaan Sabharwal, Jian Humane, Arnav Nade, Jai Kerkar, Rivaan Akolkar, Ayush Waitla, Vedant Godbole, Avanish Dhoble, Vihaan Zirange; Vidya Valley School, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Large group.

Artistic Merit First Prize

• Poeliastra; Pei Chin Tsai, Rou Yu Huang; Taipei, Taiwan.

Literary Merit First Prize

• Where the Sky Curves Inward; Kasumurthy Nishitha; Anantapur High School, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  

Second Prizes

Grade 12 Second Prize

• Aetherion Habitat; Srujan Krishna Pedada; Asilmetta-3 Sri Chaitanya International Olympaid School, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Druvpath; Yashwanth Kumar Ganjai, Munaf Shaik, Ashira Yelikatte, Nishtha Gadegani, Grishma Shyma; Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Boduppal, ETS Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Small group (tie).
• Fomhar; Alyah Maguire, Emma Mahoney, Ben Zarza-De Courcey, Domas Kasparavicius, Niamh Pearson; St. Flannan's College, Ennis, Co. Clare, & St. Dominic's College, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland; Small group (tie).
• Aurora X: Autonomous Asteroid Mining & Orbital Refinery Settlement; Maheen, Aanya, Akshansh, Aviraj, Angel, Abhiraj .CH, Prakriti, Nimit; Sri Chaitanya Senior Secondary School, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India; Large group.

Grade 11 Second Prize

• The Odyssey: A New World Written Beyond; Arthur Gabriel Correia Barbosa; Colegio Motiva Centro, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil; Individual.
• Exelixis; Victor-Alexandru Unchiasu, Alexandru-Mihai Tabusca, Luca-Aurelian Anghelescu, Maria-Theodora Dumitrascu, Matei-Mihai Marcu; I.L. Caragiale National College & Tudor Vianu National Computer College, Bucharest, & Ovidius Theoretical High School, Constanta, Romania; Small group.
• Kepler-X; Sara Argherie, Vlad Burlan, Eliza-Maria Danu, Petra Geanaliu, Dima Geanaliu, Denisa Gusu, Oana Lie, Horia Marcu, Raluca Radu, Iulia Paun, Andrei Vancea; Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, Romania; Large group (tie).
• Project Naksatra; Anant Jha, Aarav Anand, Ryaan Namit Jain, Siddharth Srivastava, Tarushi Tomar, Farzooque Hasan, Manya Gupta, Kiara Kapoor, Ranveer Kalra, Simona Ghosh, Pranav Prabha; Delhi Public School Rama Krishna Puram, New Delhi, Delhi, India; Large group (tie).

Grade 10 Second Prize

• Project Arogya Torus; B. Jaideep; Sri Chaitanya International School, Kukatpally CBSE, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Protos Settlement; Yamac Ozcan, Ata Koc, Omer Erdogan, Salih Umut Senates; Hisar School, Istanbul, Turkiye; Small group.
• Mantis; Badea Maria-Ruxandra, Balauta Alexandru, Bica Andrei Cristian, Braslasu Filip-Ioachim, Carstenoiu Antim-Mihai, Costache Robert-Andrei, Gatu Maria, Marica Petrut-Calin, Niculae Iris Lavinia, Oprea Radu Stefan, Tone Adelina Mihaela, Voinea Laurentiu-Florian; Colegiul National Sfantul Sava, Bucharest, Romania; Large group (tie).
• Nobomdulyok; Adwoito Bhaskar, Ahmad Abdullah, Nawal Rabbani, Aisha Afsara Yasmin, Seam Ahmed, Aleena Yusra, Md. Mustayeen Ul Bari, Afsheen Hasan, Ibrahim Amin, Muhayr Manzoor, Taesif Kabir Zitul; Glenrich International School Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Large group (tie).

Grade 9 Second Prize

• Aurora Colonies; Avani Annapoorna Charitha; Dr Bs Rao Vidya Soudha Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India; Individual.
• Nebulux; Chloe Hsin-Ho Wu, Huan Yu Chiu, Kai-Cheng Chen; Taipei City, Taiwan; Small group.
• Mardovi Station; Miruna Ioana Andrei, Matei Alexandru Dumitrache, Rares Carp, Sebastian Radulescu, David Lucian Virciu, Ana Marina Caraghete; Liceul Teoretic Ovidius, Constanta, Romania; Large group.

Grade 8 Second Prize

• Lumina; Annam Kaarthika; Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Solaris Axis Colony: Stability Through Solar Mastery; Aman Mohammad, Tony Naga Satya Teja, Jyothi Dwaraka Venkata Sri Ram Naidu, Harsha Kumar Kunathi, Mohan Krishna Talapanti and team; Eluru-2 SC EM School, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small group.
• Astro Haven; Pinninti Narendra, Konda Jaswanth, Sri Manikanta Yalagala, Amaresam Jaya Venkata Pranav, Kagitha Prem Swarup, Masimukkula Leela Venkatesh, Marisetty Veera Manikanta, Jasmin Syed; Semma Boppana Techno School Guntur, Guntur, AP, India; Large group (tie).
  
• Cynthia Station; Anusha Kotnis, Aviesha Lunawaat, Sharvani Sanzgiri, Ojasvi Joshi, Kartik Maheshwari, Zoey Desai, Eva Jagtap, Ishani Roy, Aashi Karwa, Anushree Hatkar, Diya Prabhu; Vidya Valley Scool, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Large group (tie).

Grade 7 and Younger Second Prize

• Amutra; Saksham; Karnal N.F.E School, New Delhi, India; Individual.
• VisMutans; Alma Jurcut, Clara Negrutiu, Iulia Popescu, Sara Tudor, Lucas Velican; Liceul Teoretic Scoala Mea, Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Celestium: An Orbital Pathfinder for ISRU-Based Heavy Manufacturing and Habitation; Harshit Sharma, Tejas Joshi, Devansh Pradhan, Atharv Nigam, Rudransh Chauhan, Adrika Kushwaha, Guruansh Singh Bhatia, Advik Mishra; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; Large group.
  

Artistic Merit Second Prize

• Architecture of the Future; Dhaksh Subbaiah N S, Daksh K; Sri Chaitanya Vidya Soudha, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Literary Merit Second Prize

• One Revolution Per Minute: Life At L5 in an Artificial World; K Bhargavi; Kurnool English Medium School, KNL, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Third Prizes

Grade 12 Third Prize

• Celestial Oasis 1: A Mars Orbit Artificial Gravity Resort for Civilian Habitation; R. S. Abhinav Sarvesh; Murugan Vidya Mandir, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Individual.
• Avishkar; S.Ajay, S.Srirama Prabu, S.Abdul Riyas, S. P. Rithu Sivashini, Batta Mahi Gladis; Madurai Narayana E-Techno School, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India; Small group.
• Sylvaris; Taksh More, Venkatesh Khule, Yukta, Soham, Aditi Rathod, Amey Tiwari, Sanjana; Kalyan West Nschool, Kalyan, Maharashtra, India; Large group.
  

Grade 11 Third Prize

• Project Temenos; Honne Gowda Gt; Master's Pu Collage, Hassan, Karnataka, India; Individual.
• Moirai Station; Vyom Tarun Bagrecha, Aarna Vats, Pavni Mehra, Aashi Budhia; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Small group (tie).
• Stargazer Lily; Small Group 11th Grade, Bejenaru Alexandru-Eduard, Dragomir Vlad-Gabriel, Gornea Bianca-Maria, Patrascu Miruna-Maria; Liceul Teoretic Ovidius Constanta, Romania; Small group (tie).
• Aetheris; Matei Barbu, Irina Barbu, Maria Humeniuc, Andreea Humeniuc, Maria Opran, Diana Buciumeanu; Saint Sava National College & Nicolae Tonitza High School of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania; Large group (tie).
  
• Ascent Station; Anuarbekova Adiya, Kurmangali Madi, Berdibekov Altair, Kenzhekankyzy Aruzhan, Mussakhitov Alan, Nagyzkhan Perizat, Ualyiev Aldiyar, Baidildina Dina, Sheriyazdanov Alen; Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan; Large group (tie).

Grade 10 Third Prize

• Project Aequora; Kuzey Soydas, Istanbul, Turkiye; Individual.
• Mirage; Adelina-Elena Sanduleasa, Ana-Letitia Grigore, Maria Ganea-Nasta, Dan Alexandru Apostol, Radu Mantea; Liceul Teoretic Scoala Mea, Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Encryosphere; Fulya Su Liman, Defne Demirci, Zehra Karahasan, Yaman Isik, Ada Isik Arsel, Ecem Ortagedik, Guclu Agac; Istanbul, Tuzla, Turkiye; Large group (tie).
• Spes Ultra; Mihalache Adelina, Nitulescu Daria, Surescu Francesca-Maria-Elena, Dabuleanu Ema, Ivan Catalin-Andrei, Vlasie Maria-Gabriela, Popp Ania, Mihalcea Natalia, Constantinescu Theodor-Stefan, Marin Denisa-Maria, Scutaru Sara-Maria, Olteanu Matei; Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, Bucharest, Romania; Large group (tie).

Grade 9 Third Prize

• Astera Crest Habitat; J. M. Belfa Michelle; Sri Chaitanya School Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Individual.
• Nova Path: Dawn of a New Space Era; Lokithram. P, Krishram. M, Sabari. K, Yuvanraj. V, Jashwanth. S, SCS Murugan Educational Trust, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India; Small group.
• Cygnus Space Station; Andrei Pana, Andreas Diaconescu, Radu Vasile, Vlad Toncu, Alexandru Talpau, Tiberiu Enache, Teodora Constantinescu, Diana Florescu, Andrei Popescu, Stefan Popescu, Andrei Belaconi, Rares Hanganu; National Computer Science High School Tudor Vianu, Bucharest, Romania; Large group.

Grade 8 Third Prize

• Melira; Burla Venkat Akshaj Reddy; Ithaka International School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Verdantia; Kakara Abigail, Karthikeya Patnaik Chinagodava, Konna Veda Varshini, Bothsa Niharika, Jami Chanakya; Vizianagram-3 Sri Chaitanya CBSE School, Vizianagram, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small group.
• Aquor; Zubin Vahanvati, Aadi Sabne, Shlok Agarwal, Arav Deshmukh, Satwik Kundu, Rushan Bindra, Shaurya Mehta, Advik Kher, Raghav Mane, Rohan Patankar; Vidya Valley School, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Large group.
• Promethius; Kurmankeldi Akhmet, Batyrbek Sanzhar, Koshenbekov Zhandos, Almurat Bekzat, Bekarys Sailaubay, Dzhaksekeldinov Dias, Fayzolda Nurdaulet, Amanzhol Zhasmin, Bolatbek Ayazhan, Seitbattal Aisultan; Almaty, Kazakhstan. Large group.

Grade 7 and Younger Third Prize

• Orbited Harvester: A Space Agricultural Colony; Sivesh Anuvarshini; Murugan Educational Trust, Tiruppur, Sector 2, Tamilnadu, India; Individual.
• Cosmo City: Building Tomorrow, Beyond the Sky; Akileswar A V, Lakkshaya T, Jagathratchakan S P, Sarvesh Kandha B, Sujay P S; Chaitanya Techno School, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India; Small group.
• Helios Nexus; Showrayansh, M Venisha, Yashwin Dsouza, Sankalp R, K Hridaya Abinav, Mayukh Nath, M Sarvani, Charani S, Snehith Krishna Kamath, Kusuma; Sri Chaitanya EM High School, Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Large goup (tie).
• Lunavie; Jaskirat, Shunezy, Partap, Ashley, Eliza, Smriti, Harshpreet, Arnav Vashisht, Harshit Rai, Karamjot; Mohali Narayana E-Techno School, Mohali, Punjab, India; Large group (tie).
  

Artistic Merit Third Prize

• From Crater to Colony; Yashwanth Naga Sai Surya Madasu, Korumilli Kamalesh; Rajahmundry-2 Sri Chaitanya Junior Pu College, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Structural Evolution of an Orbital Colony; Varshini M; Vidyaranyapura National High School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Literary Merit Third Prize

• The Hallway Hum and the Garden Door; K Nova Rishika, B Bhavya Sri, G Jhansi, M Jasmitha Reddy, P Nakshatra, V Tejaswi, P V Sai Sowmya Sri; Asilmetta-1 Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Honorable Mentions

Grade 12 Honorable Mention

• Daedalus Station; Sophia Oliveira Alves; Niteroi, RJ, Brazil; Individual.
• Ascendra; Taksh More, Venkatesh Khule, Yukta, Aditi Rathod Soham, Amey Tiwari Sanjana; Kalyan West Narayana School, Kalyan, Maharashtra, India; Small group.
• Hexahive; Veronica Rusea, Ana-Maria Andreescu, Darius Gheorghe, Deea-Maria Parascan, Vlad Rizea; Mihai Viteazul National College, Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Solaris Haven: Mercury Synchronous Triple Ring Space Habitat; Vishnuram .Nethra, Mohammed Ibrahim S, Sidharth Maloo Jain S, Yashwin Aaradhya, Maghil .Hanshikha T; Chaitanya Concept School, Tiruppur, Tamilnadu, India; Small group.
• Sybear 2.0: Debris Resilient Deep-Space Transit Settlement; Sree Satrajith M.A, Mukul Darshan .Mokhit.P, Anantha Rooban, Navadeepan Sairam, Rohit B.M.; Murugan Vidya Mandir, Salem, Tamilnadu, India; Small group.
• Arcas 2; Arwen Anamaria Chitea, Andrei Stefan Emanuel Puiu, Matei Radu Tudor, Denisa Andreea Ionescu, Doncea Octavian Doncea, Alexandra Ambrosi, Bianca Pirvu, Andreea Violeta Covasa, Lorena Zavelca, Carmen Iris Dragomir, Nicole Stefanescu; Grigore Moisil National High School, Bucharest, Romania; Large group.
• Jalasetu; Onkarpreet Singh, Kritika Puri, Sahibjot Singh, Balkaran Singh, Manreet Kaur, Mannatjot Kaur, Randeep Kaur; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Moga, Punjab, India; Large group.
  

Grade 11 Honorable Mention

• A System-Based, Human-Centered Framework for Long-Term Operation: Designing a Sustainable Lunar Settlement for 2050; Yena Kim; Seoul, Republic of Korea; Individual.
• Atlas: Ascension; Zaheer Mohammed; Ithaka International School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Aarivya: A Citizen Manual; Dhanvi Patel, Basma Awad, Dhruva Shah, Sarah Bhardwaj; Central Peel Secondary School, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Small group.
• Nova Stanford Torus; Leo Shiina, Maiya Qiu; Stanford Online Highschool, Redwood City, California, USA; Small group.
• Per-Imhotep: Future's Architect; Bogdan Mihet, Rares-Alexandru Dunca, Dragos-Alexandru Petrovan, Serban-Ioan Deaconu, Radu-Alexandru Dinu; Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, Romania; Small group.
• Aleph; Gayoung Kim, Taegang Yim, Jeonguk Choi, Yehyun Lee, Hanyul Lee, Jeongmin Lee, Jian Ryu, Seowoo Lee, Sihun Park; Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-Gun, Republic of Korea; Large group.
• Ananta Brahmanda; Anvi Rahul Banait, Gutti Yashawini, Gudiputi Chathurya, Ansh Mishra, Aryan Senthilkumar, Tejus Peri; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India & Cumming, Georgia, USA & John's Creek, Georgia, USA; Large group.
• Astreaus; Priyashi Goyal, Aanvi Ramakrishna, Saanvi Singh, Nikhita Chatterjee, Nihaal Singh Sehgal, Samrudh Gowda, Krishay Swain, Ishaan Prasad, Ranveer Parihar, Ishana Bailur, Vedansh Goyal; Neev Academy, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Large group.
• C.O.L.U.M.B.U.S.; Safa Kartal, Kamel Ayoub, Tudor Alexandru Nedelcov, Sergiu Vladareanu, Alexandra Elena Dudu, Xuanyang Zou, Radu Andrei Enache, Ianis Dragomirescu, Sung Hoon Cho; International School of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; Large group.
• Osiris; George-Mihai Tega, Antonio-Ioan Stoica, Diana Oprea, Stefan-Bogdan Stoica, Nathalie-Andreea Hârbu, Nicol-Zoe Ciju, Maria Criveanu, David-Fabian Moise-Titei, Alecsa Popescu, Razvan-Carol Georgescu, Edwin-Mihai Ghenescu; Mircea Cel Batran National College, Constanta, Romania; Large group.
• Solis; Iordachescu Alexia, Radu Lea Cristiana, Moiceanu Matei, Oprea Bogdan Mihai, Mateescu Patricia Sofia, Berar Stefan Teodor, Nitu Filip George, Ciocan Tudor Mihai, Stefan Daria Ioana, Popescu Andreea Raluca; Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, Romania; Large group.

Grade 10 Honorable Mention

• Aurora Belt; Reddy; Varsity Educational Trust, D.S.N.R, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Sylvaorbit; Bhumireddy Ganesh Narayana; English Medium School, KDP, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Star Well Haven; S. Mridhun; Murugan Educational Trust, Nolambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Individual.
• Astral Skyway; Ciurea Vlad Mihai, Clem Gabriel, Csere Stefan Eduard, Darjoanca Matei Constantin; Andrei Saguna National College, Brasov, Romania; Small group.
• Orbital Oasis-X (2075); Thej Vignesh Yella, Sujith Sai Pothuganti, Rishitha Arava, Aashrita Jalli; Chaitanya International School, Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small group.
• Station Paragon; Siranov Arlan, Satbayev Aman, Tazhin Arsen, Baubekov Diar; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Small group.
• Aletheia; Anghel Ana, Carasca Miriam-Josephine, Duduna Sara, Enache Maria-Ioana, Gargaz Luca-Alexandru, Lesan Daria-Andreea; Ovidius High School, Constanta, Romania; Large group.
• Atollium; Ana Maria Apatean, Alexia Maria Chivu, Diana Teodora Codreanu, Karina Maria Coman, Patrick Andrei Ilinca, Bianca Ioana Tuinea, Andrei Nicolae Prisecaru, Ioana Paula Onac, Victor Andrei Pîrlog, Antonia Sanziana Onofreiciuc, Andrei Grigorescu, Maria Cristina Netoiu; Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, Romania; Large group.
• Exorion; Baicu David-Constantin, Caeridin Rayan, Ciobanu Vlad-Ioan, Cotoros Eduard, Dima Ionut-Alexandru, Dinu Andrei, Durla Matei-Cristian, Ionescu Eduard-Alexandru, Iordache Gabriel-Stefan, Stilpeanu Rares-Andrei, Stoian Andrei-Bogdan, Vinca Andrei-Sebastian; Ovidius Theoretical High School, Constanta, Romania; Large group.
• Horizon Ark Colonia; Nagale Dishant Yogesh, Bidve Archit Sandeep, Deshmukh Shriraj Amol, Butada Jatin Chetan, Borawake Swarnim Sujit, Tanpure Vaishnavi Sachin, Bhagat Advita Vinay; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India; Large group.
• Nova Formosa; Chiang Chieh-En, Cheng-Yi Lin, Chen, Yu-Jung, Chang, Jeng-Wei, Chih-Ning, Chen, Huang, Yu-Shan, Ke-Sin Shih, Shiuan-Ting, Liu, Shin-Yu Chou, Siang-Ying, Wang, Xu, Shang-Hong; Kang Chiao International School Linkou Campus, New Taipei City, Linkou District, Taiwan; Large group.
• Trojan Torus; Amir Khubani, Emma Oak, Jenna Park, Yena Park, Taylor Zhou, Ayush Gandhi, Zachary Semegran; Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Demarest, New Jersey, USA; Large group.

Grade 9 Honorable Mention

• Astro Harvest; Amrutha Varshini Ravula; Sri Chaitnaya School, Huzurabad, Siddipet, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Aurora; Lavanya Kheni; Sri Chaitanya School, Shamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Ayodhya; M Geethika; BS Rao High School, Tarakaramanagar, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Lakshya; B Ananya; Sri Chaitanya International School, Nizampet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Nova Vida; Hannah Joan J, Raksha Shree Sreevishwak, P Akshaya Sri Nidin, S Aadhya Parthasarathi; Chaitanya Educational Institution, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India; Small group.
• Psyche-X: Mining And Settlement Architecture; P. Aruljothy, K.N Pratyush, M. Harini, Deeptendhu; Sri Chaitanya Techno School Moolakadai, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Small group.
• Astera; Narra Eswara Praagnya, Rayi Kruthik Sai, G V S K Vamanaditya, Narra Sri Shaurya, Borra Lasya, Varun, Sai Sadwik, Sri Ram L, Okesh Reddy, Siri; KSG-ENCS Narayana High School, Kushaiguda Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Large group.
• Hive 9; Vladimir-Andrei Ciobica, Eva David, Daria-Anastasia Dinu, Maia Ivan, Omar-Mohammad Kinj, Amir Mrini, Tudor Anghel-Verioti; Cambridge School of Constanta, Constanta, Romania; Large group.
• Kairos; Havish, Kopparthi Chardeep Reddy, Ronav J P Gowda, Ragavendra M R, Pratham, Ayush, Pramodh G L, Skanda Varna, Shiva Charan, Ganashyam; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India; Large group.
• Project Elysion; Gheorghe Rares, Iustin Toma, Stefan Toma, Alex Tudor, Matei Tudor, Andrei Olaru, Matei Deliu, Darius Caju, Stoianof Alberto, Munteanu Radu, Mandita Theodor, David Petrea; Colegiul National Mircea Cel Batran, Constanta, Romania; Large group.
• Symphony of the Skies; Anika Gupta, Nanditha P, Samuthra V, Chandana S G, Gautham M, Bhavesh Krishnaa; Sri Chaitanya Techno School Nolambur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; Large group.
• Xiphium; Barbatei Andrei, Carmaciu Mara, Ciobanu Otilia, Comaniciu Mihail, Ianchis David Cristian, Milea Ania Ana; Andrei Saguna National College, Brasov, Romania; Large group.
  

Grade 8 Honorable Mention

• Radiation Protection Systems for Deep Space Missions; Vishwaraj D; Sun Rise International School, Electronic City, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Individual.
• Aniruddha; Palvish Kumar Palaka, Durga Prahith Chayanam, Hari Hassan I, Manith Panchakarla, Bala Karthikeya Ramji Kanagarla; Sri Chaitanya Olympiad School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Small group.
• Auctus Humanitus: The Expansion of Human Civilization; Hridhaan, Pranjal Pandey, Kabeer Pant, Achyut Singh, Jayesh Thakur, Siddhi Jaiswal; Sri Chaitanya School, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; Large group.
• Kruthrima Avani; SD .Fatima, K.Tribhuvan, P.T.S.Akshit, B.Pranav, S.Rama Tanay, G.Gnaneswar, R.Vandana; NONCS, RR-PET-Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India; Large group.
• Phoenix Rising; Preetham.S, Ashutosh Kumar, RD.Maneeshq, Tharun Kumar, Prajwal.JS, Satya Prakash, Janani, Jasmine.F; BGT Narayana E-Techno School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Large group.
• Soma Dhara; Atharv Punj, Daksh Arya, Hardik Pandey, Somil, Vishal Kumar, Vananya Singh, Megha, Bhavishya Parshwal, Aditya Deori; B.S Rao Institute of Higher Learning, Faridabad Sector 2, Uttar Pradesh, India; Large group.
• Vireon; Keshavaramanujam Sn Panchangam, Kamepalli Hrudhay, Rohan Reddy Nandyala, Pathipaka Karthik Venkat, Kakarala Ruthvik Sai, Snehith Reddy Yennam, Mokshagna Kumar Sakhamuri, Manisri Durga, Shaik Nadhiya Sultana, Moksha Nimmagadda, Sanagavaratu Hanu Tarak Varshith, Sanamandra Kaushil; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Grade 7 and Younger Honorable Mention

• Avigna-2; Akanksha Konda; Sri Chaitanya E-Techno School, Suryapet Branch, Suryapet, Telangana, India; Individual.
• Creta; Geetha Kumar Thummalacherla; Santhapet Public School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Individual.
• Fuse; Barbu Horia Tudor; Andrei Saguna National College, Brasov, Romania; Individual.
• Proximus Centaurus; Sovit Kumar Behera, BBS JV Nschool 694, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; Individual.
• Scope; Aditi; MG Road N.E.T Concept School, Gurugram, Haryana, India; Individual.
• Kosmic Haven; Prajyoth Kiran A, Guna Nithi R, Kuganesh E.R, Jagadeesh L, Sarveshwar S; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Poonamallee, Tamilnadu, India; Small group.
• Lumina Space Habitat; Battepati Yaswanth Teja, Vennapusa Harshitha, Deekshanthi Nippatla, M Jaswanth; Podalakur SC Govt. High School, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India; Small group.
• Abanat; Arya, Advik, Theerth, Nishanth, Aditya, Bavish, Sathvik, Yashwin, Sudiksha S M, Rithesh, Khushi, Parikshith; UH Narayana E-Techno School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Large group.
• Aurroaria; Bhavagna Bandreddi, Mukthika Vurimi, Brunda Akshay Kiran Jandlavaram, Shanmukha Sree Pamarthi, Naga Vaishnavi Nalluri, Likshitha Mopidevi; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Challapalli, Vijayawada, Andhrapradesh, India; Large group.

Artistic Merit Honorable Mention

• Architect of Tomorrow; Thota Manish; Vivekananda Nagar Residential School, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• Building Worlds from Scratch: O'Neill Cylinders and the Architecture of Cosmic Ambition; Jiya, Aditi, Sukhsanjam, Navneet, Bhavnoor, Janhvi, Simran, Ananya; Dugri Narayana E-Techno School, Dugri, Punjab, India.
• Human Life Support and Care Systems in a Permanent Space Settlement; Marasakatla Victor, Pasupuleti Venkata Luhith; Chaitanya Global School, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• Sustaining Life Beyond Earth; Banda Lasya, Kamuri Akshay Nihar, M Prathuysha, Varshitha Poleti, Varun Poleti, Yallakuntla Nithya Meenan; Madanapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  

Literary Merit Honorable Mention

• Life in Space; Saanvi Chaudhari, Moushika K; Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Maharashtra, Wagholi, Maharashtra, India.

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