2 Indian Student Groups Win NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
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NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge: The challenge required US and international student teams to design, engineer, and test a human-powered rover on a course simulating terrain found on rocky bodies in the solar system.
Two Indian student groups from Punjab and Tamil Nadu have won the NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge, a media release said.
Announced by United States's National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA during a virtual awards ceremony on April 29, the challenge involved as many as 91 teams, including 58 colleges and 33 high schools.
The challenge required US and international student teams to design, engineer, and test a human-powered rover on a course simulating terrain found on rocky bodies in the solar system.
The teams also performed mission assignments, including sample retrievals and spectrographic analysis, while negotiating the course.