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The Aqualunar Challenge Final Report
27 March 2025
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Aqualunar Challenge have now been awarded.
The Aqualunar Challenge is a £1.2m international challenge prize focused on making human habitation in space possible by finding ways to purify water buried beneath the Moon’s surface. It set innovators the task of inventing technologies suitable for use on the Moon, to purify the water ice found in the lunar soil.
Two runners-up and one grand prize winner were announced on 27th March 2025 – receiving a combined total of £300,000 to take their innovations further.
This report summarises the activities and the impacts of the UK track of the challenge, and the legacy it leaves behind.
Find out more
You can find out more about the challenge, discover the finalist and winning teams, and learn more about their innovations by clicking the link below.
