NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge: Indian Student Groups From Punjab & Tamil Nadu Win Awards
Two Indian student groups, belonging to Tamil Nadu and Punjab, made the nation proud by winning the NASA 2022 rover challenge.
Two Indian student groups from Punjab and Tamil Nadu have won the NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge and made our country proud. The announcement was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during a virtual awards ceremony on April 29.
The challenge involved as many as 91 teams, including 58 colleges and 33 high schools.
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Decent Children Model Presidency School from Punjab was the winner of the STEM Engagement Award in the High School division. The team from Vellore Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu was declared the winner in the College/University division in the Social Media Award, a media release said.
The competition required US and international student teams to design, develop, and test a human-powered rover on a track that mimicked the topography found on rocky worlds throughout the solar system. While negotiating the course, the teams also completed mission tasks such as sample retrievals and spectrographic analyses.
¡°This year, students were asked to design a course that would mimic obstacles as if they were competing in Huntsville. Ensuring team safety was a major factor in developing the design of their own obstacles. We are excited about the virtual competition and the opportunity it provided our teams,¡± said Aundra Brooks-Davenport, activity lead for the challenge at Marshall. ¡°
According to the press statement, every year the challenge is conducted at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center near NASA¡¯s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama but this year it was virtual.
The challenge is managed by NASA's Office of STEM Engagement. The competition reflects the goals of the Artemis program, which includes putting the first woman and first person of colour on the Moon.
It 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.
The annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge has been going on for over 25 years. According to NASA's website, "teams earn points by successful completion of design reviews, designing and assembling a rover that meets all challenge criteria, and successfully completing course obstacles mission tasks. The team with the highest number of points accumulated throughout the project year in each category (high school and college/university) will be the winner."
Source: NASA Press Release
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