A FILIPINO student studying Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) won the first National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.

Jose Mari Tuason and his teammates from UIUC composed of Sam Wywrot, Steven Kosvick, Austin Scott and Sashank Gumella designed the Cable-Controlled Aeroshell Deceleration System in response to the need for an inflatable heat shield technology.

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