The students will be taken to the American space agency NASA.
In NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2024, several secondary school students have been selected for Team Kaizel to participate in it.
The American space agency, NASA is preparing to organise its engineering design challenge called, Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC). The agency has scheduled the challenge to take place from April 18 to 20.
In NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2024, several secondary school students have been selected for the Team Kaizel to participate in it. The students have been selected by the M3M Foundation which is supporting Team Kaizel to represent the country in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2024. The foundation has selected a total of six students by organising science exhibitions. Following the selection process, the students will now be taken to the American space agency NASA.
M3M Foundation is supporting the Team Kaizel of YMRD. It is the only NGO-supported team out of the 8 selected teams from India, comprising a group of talented students from different parts of the country such as Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Maharashtra.
The students who have been selected include Lokesh Kumar from Tauru, Nuh studying in Class 10; Pallavi studying in Class 10 from Badshahpur, Gurugram; Arun Kumar from Faridabad; Utkarsh from Greater Noida; Om from Noida and Rohit Pal from Panipat.
NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) features an engineering design challenge every year. The challenge aims to engage students worldwide in the next phase of human space exploration. According to NASA’s official website, HERC draws inspiration from both the Apollo and Artemis missions, emphasising designing, constructing and testing technologies, and traversing in unique environmental terrains.
As per the NASA website, the teams are selected from different parts of the country by competing and earning points by completing design reviews, designing and assembling a rover that meets all challenge criteria, and completing course obstacles and mission tasks. Following the challenge, the team with the highest number of points accumulated throughout the project year in each category will be the winner of their respective division (high school and college/university).