Young Tinker Rover | Day 2 Expedition | NASA HERC Rover Challenge 2023

Описание: The annual engineering competition – one of NASA’s longest standing challenges – held its concluding event Friday, April 21 to Saturday, April 22, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

More than 500 students from around the world participated during HERC’s 29th anniversary competition. Student teams represented 16 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico, Peru, and Singapore. Teams were awarded points based on navigating a half-mile obstacle course, conducting mission-specific task challenges, and completing multiple safety and design reviews with NASA engineers.

“Throughout this eight-month-long competition, students learn NASA’s engineering design cycle by submitting detailed reports and passing critical reviews by NASA engineers,” said Kevin McGhaw, director, NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement Southeast Region. “By operating within real-world constraints, students gain authentic knowledge to better imagine and develop innovative technologies which could be used in future NASA missions.”

HERC is one of NASA’s eight Artemis Student Challenges reflecting the goals of the Artemis program, which seeks to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon while establishing establish a long-term presence for science and exploration.

NASA uses such challenges to encourage students to pursue degrees and careers in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

“NASA has a vested interest in providing students access to complex engineering challenges,” said Vemitra Alexander, HERC activity lead for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement. “Developing a skilled and diverse workforce in STEM is critical to maintaining our nation’s success in scientific research and space exploration.”

HERC is managed by NASA’s Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement at NASA Marshall. Since its inception in 1994, more than 15,000 students have participated in HERC – with many former students now working at NASA, or within the aerospace industry.


About Young Tinker Space
A tinker space is a place where students can tinker and create and do their own things. When children tinker, they learn about the tools and materials they are working with. This way they develop their motor and creative skills.
Our tinker space is equipped with tinkering stations consisting of 3d printers, drilling machines, soldering stations, electronics items (Arduino, breadboard, jumper wires, sensors, etc.) and other mechanical tools (wrench, screwdriver, etc.)

About Young Tinker Foundation
Young Tinker Foundation (formerly Navonmesh Prasar Foundation) is a non-profit organization (section-8 company) that aims to spread the word of innovation, science and technology among students in urban and rural parts of India.

What started with a spark on a remote island in Odisha is today standing proud with its student's achievements at the International level. It is indeed a matter of pride for us in terms of what the Young Tinker Foundation has accomplished in these years.

We also made history by securing World Rank 3 at NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2021. This achievement made India proud as we’re the 1st team in Asia to achieve so. This is a testimony of the great work that we do at our foundation.

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