(AGENPARL) – ven 11 agosto 2023 August 11, 2023 
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*NASA Seeks Student Ideas for 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge*
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Students from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Cuernavaca, Mexico, cheer for
their teammates during the 2023 competition. NASA is accepting proposals for
the 2024 season until Sept. 21, 2023.
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Students interested in designing, developing, building, and testing rovers
for Moon and Mars exploration are invited to submit their proposals to NASA
through Monday, Sept. 21.
The complete details on how to participate in NASA’s Human Exploration
Rover Challenge [1] are available online. To learn more, challenge experts
are hosting two webinars at 10 a.m. EDT, and again at 6 p.m., on Thursday,
Aug. 24. The virtual sessions will outline the proposal processes, and
requires pre-registration [2].
“Our Human Exploration Rover Challenge will focus on an immersive story
based on proposed NASA-use cases for crewed and uncrewed rovers during
upcoming Artemis [3] missions, including exploring permanently shadowed
regions, positioning to recharge batteries, power and data exchange with
other surface assets, and storing collected samples,” said Vemitra
Alexander, challenge activity lead for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement.
“Students must determine why an autonomous rover exploring the shadowed
regions has gone out of contact and, if possible, attempt to repair the
robotic rover.”
By participating in this challenge, NASA hopes students will develop a deeper
understanding of content and enhance their communication, collaboration,
inquiry, problem-solving, and flexibility skills that will benefit them
throughout their academic and professional lives. Interested teams should
review the handbook [4] for proposal guidelines and new task challenges.
In October, NASA will announce which teams are invited to the U.S. Space &
Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight
Center, in April 2024 to showcase their submissions.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Human Exploration Rover Challenge tasks
high school, college, and university students from around the world to
design, build, and test lightweight, human-powered rovers on an obstacle
course simulating lunar and Martian terrain, all while completing
mission-focused science tasks. Once selected, students are required to
complete months of design and safety reviews mirroring the engineering design
process used by NASA engineers and scientists.
This challenge provides students a chance to engage with NASA’s Artemis
program [5], which includes putting the first woman and first person of color
on the Moon. NASA and event sponsors continue to encourage students to push
the limits of innovation.
The challenge is managed by NASA’s Southeast Regional Office of STEM
Engagement at Marshall and is one of eight Artemis Student Challenges [6].
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement [7] uses challenges and competitions to
further the agency’s goal of encouraging students to pursue degrees and
careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
To learn more, visit:
*https://www.nasa.gov/roverchallenge/home/index.html* [8]
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*Press Contacts*
Katherine Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1288
Christopher Blair
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
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[1] https://cms.nasa.gov///C:/Users/dbardan/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/LHV75GLM/Human%20Exploration%20Rover%20Challenge
[3] https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artemis
[4] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/herc_handbook_2023_072822_508.pdf
[5] https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artemis
[6] https://stem.nasa.gov/artemis/
[7] https://www.nasa.gov/stem
[8] https://www.nasa.gov/roverchallenge/home/index.html