Rourkela: A research project presented by four students of the steel city has won the second prize in the NASA Space Settlement Design Contest conducted by the NASA AMES Research Centre in the US.
Ullas Mishra, Amitav Mohanty, Ashim Kar and Soumya Ranjan Pati, students of the Ispat English Medium School run by the Rourkela Steel Plant, were awarded the prize for their project titled Eden.
The project was on an imaginary dwelling place in space providing accommodation for about 10,000 people.
Other institutes have also been awarded the second prize Category.
Four teams from India had participated in the competition with Ryan International School, New Delhi being placed in the first prize category.
Altogether 95 teams from across the globe had participated in the competition.
The students have received a certificate each and have been invited to visit NASA.
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