CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Alan Hayes, left, chairman of Volanz Aerospace Inc., presents Ted Southern of Brooklyn, N.Y., with the second place prize of $100,000 at the 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge, part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, as Andy Petro, manager of NASA Centennial Challenges, stands by at the Astronaut Hall of Fame near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The nationwide competition focused on developing improved pressure suit gloves for astronauts to use while working in space. During the challenge, the gloves were submitted to burst tests, joint force tests and tests to measure their dexterity and strength during operation in a glove box which simulates the vacuum of space. Centennial Challenges is NASA’s program of technology prizes for the citizen-inventor. The winning prize for the Glove Challenge is $250,000 provided by the Centennial Challenges Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-6493
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![[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec] Reception event, [on the Main Interior rooftop, following the] official announcement of the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects [to be funded in 2008,] with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and National Park Service Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey among the Interior speakers. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.] [48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec_DOI_2678.JPG]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDQvMjQvYXNzaWdubWVudC00OC1kcGEtMDQtMjQtMDhfc29pX2tfY2NfcmVjLXJlY2VwdGlvbi1ldmVudC1vbi10aGUtbWFpbi1pbnRlcmlvci0zYjY5ODgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec] Reception event, [on the Main Interior rooftop, following the] official announcement of the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects [to be funded in 2008,] with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and National Park Service Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey among the Interior speakers. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.] [48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec_DOI_2678.JPG]")
![[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec] Reception event, [on the Main Interior rooftop, following the] official announcement of the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects [to be funded in 2008,] with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and National Park Service Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey among the Interior speakers. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.] [48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec_DOI_2676.JPG]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDQvMjQvYXNzaWdubWVudC00OC1kcGEtMDQtMjQtMDhfc29pX2tfY2NfcmVjLXJlY2VwdGlvbi1ldmVudC1vbi10aGUtbWFpbi1pbnRlcmlvci04M2Q1ZjgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec] Reception event, [on the Main Interior rooftop, following the] official announcement of the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects [to be funded in 2008,] with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and National Park Service Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey among the Interior speakers. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.] [48-DPA-04-24-08_SOI_K_CC_Rec_DOI_2676.JPG]")
