NASA Human Exploration Challenge India: It involved as many as 91 teams, including 33 high schools and 58 colleges. NASA Human Exploration Challenge 2022 required the students to design, engineer, and test a human-powered rover on a course simulating terrain found on rocky bodies in the solar system.
NASA herc 2022: NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge has been won by two Indian student groups from Punjab and Tamil Nadu, a media release said. As per the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that announced the winners of NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2022 during the virtual awards ceremony, as many as 91 teams, including 33 high schools and 58 colleges were involved in the challenge.
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge encourages the research and development of new technologies for future mission planning and the crewed space missions to other worlds. NASA HERC 2022 was conducted virtually instead of at the US Space & Rocket Center near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
Congratulations to our 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge winners! 🎉Your hard work has paid off – great job. We look forward to seeing everyone next year! For more on this year’s winners, visit https://t.co/8uLUkWmtdT pic.twitter.com/rUYuLGXapH
— NASA Rover Challenge (@RoverChallenge)
May 3, 2022
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2022: What was required?
NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge required the US and the international students to design, engineer, and test a human-powered rover on a course simulating terrain found on rocky bodies in the solar system.
The teams in the challenge also performed mission assignments, including the sample retrievals and the spectrographic analysis, while negotiating the course.
The activity lead for the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2022 said that this year, students participating in the challenge were asked to design a course that would mimic the obstacles as if they were competing in Huntsville.
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2022 winners: Check full list
The awards were presented in nine categories:
Award |
Winners |
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: Technologico 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: Institute Tecnologico de Santa Domingo, Santa Domingo, Dominician Republic |
Social Media Award |
High School Division: Bledsoe Country 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 Monterrry, Cuernavaca, Xochitepec, Mexico |
Phoenix Award |
High school division: Academy of Arts, Careers, and Technology, Reno, Nevada 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 |
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