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NASA has recognized a new generation of potential space explorers who
competed in the agency’s 28th annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge
(https://www.nasa.gov/stem/roverchallenge/home/index.html).
High school and college students from around the U.S. and world have spent the
last eight months designing, building, and testing their rovers for the challenge –
one of the original seven NASA Artemis Student Challenges
(https://www.nasa.gov/stem/artemis.html). NASA announced the winners during a
virtual awards ceremony April 29. The challenge involved 91 teams, including 58
colleges and 33 high schools.

Coverage, Activities Set for First Rollout The challenge tasked U.S. and international student teams with designing,
of NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket engineering, and testing a human-powered rover on a course simulating terrain
3 months ago found on rocky bodies in the solar system. Teams also performed mission
assignments while negotiating the course, including sample retrievals and
spectrographic analysis.

“This year, students were asked to design a course that would mimic obstacles as
if they were competing in Huntsville,” Aundra Brooks-Davenport, activity lead for
the challenge at Marshall. “Ensuring team safety was a major factor in developing

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the design of their own obstacles. We are excited about the virtual competition and
the opportunity it provided our teams.”

The 2022 challenge was conducted virtually instead of at the U.S. Space & Rocket
Center near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
(https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html) in Huntsville, Alabama.
High school and college teams competed in multiple categories for design,
documentation, and presentation, including the safety award, project review award,
and many more.

Awards were presented in nine categories.

Overall Winner

High school division:

First place: Parish Episcopal School, Dallas
Second place: Academy of Arts, Careers, and Technology, Reno,
Nevada
Third place: Tu Ciencia Joven, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

 
College/university division:
First place: Tecnologico de Monterrey, Xochitepec, Mexico
Second place: Trine University, Angola, Indiana
Third place: Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina

Project Review Award

High school division: Parish Episcopal School, Dallas

College/university division: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

STEM Engagement Award

High school division: Decent Children Model Presidency School, Punjab,

India
College/university division: Instituto Tecnologico de Santa Domingo, Santa
Domingo, Dominican Republic

Social Media Award

High school division: Bledsoe County High School, Pikeville, Tennessee

College/university division: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India

Task Challenge Award

High school division: Tu Ciencia Joven, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

College/university division: Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina

Safety Award

High school division: Academy of Arts, Careers, and Technology, Reno,

Nevada
College/university division: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota,
Colombia

Ingenuity Award

College/university division: Tecnologico de Monterrey, Cuernavaca,

Xochitepec, Mexico

Phoenix Award

High school division: Academy of Arts, Careers, and Technology, Reno,

Nevada

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College/university division: Middle Tennessee State University,

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Videography Award

High school division: Parish Episcopal School, Dallas

College division: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto
Rico

For more than 25 years, the annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
and its sponsors have encouraged student teams from the United States and
around the world to push the limits of innovation and imagine what it will take to
explore the Moon, Mars, and other worlds.

The challenge is managed by the Office of STEM Engagement at Marshall. The

competition reflects the goals of the Artemis program, which includes putting the
first woman and first person of color on the Moon. NASA’s Office of STEM
Engagement uses challenges and competitions to further the agency’s goal of
encouraging students to pursue degrees and careers in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics fields.

More information about NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge, is available

online. (https://www.nasa.gov/stem/roverchallenge/home/index.html) For more
information about NASA’s Artemis Student Challenges, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/stem/artemis.html
(https://www.nasa.gov/stem/artemis.html)

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Katherine Brown

Headquarters, Washington

202-358-1288

katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov (mailto:katherine.m.brown@nasa.gov)

Christopher Blair

Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.

256.544.0034 

christopher.e.blair@nasa.gov (mailto:christopher.e.blair@nasa.gov)  

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