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COC team wins second place at NASA Orbit Challenge 

COC team wins second place at NASA Orbit Challenge 
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Source: The Signal
Date: 08/27/2026 5:01pm

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COC’s CARE-D3 Team Wins Second Place and $25,000 in NASA ORBIT Challenge
College of the Canyons’ CARE-D3 team placed second in NASA’s 2026 ORBIT Challenge, earning $25,000 as the only community college team in the competition’s Space Track. Led by Sophia Cranshaw and Tatiana Torrecampo, the team developed a clinical decision-support system to help astronauts manage health risks during long-duration missions, with potential applications in remote and underserved communities on Earth.

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