| 2025 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge – Now Open to Grades 6-12 Audience: Formal and informal educators of grades 6-12 Handbook Release: Aug. 1 Contact: HERC@mail.nasa.gov NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) is an engineering design competition where students design, build, and test a rover to traverse challenging terrains while completing scientific tasks along the way. As an Artemis Student Challenge, HERC draws inspiration from both the Apollo and Artemis missions, emphasizing designing, constructing, and testing technologies. The 2025 HERC activity year will be open to proposal submissions from teams of students in grades 6-12. The 2025 HERC Handbook and Request for Proposals will be released on August 1. Email the HERC Implementation Team at HERC@mail.nasa.gov for more information about how your students can be a part of this exciting STEM challenge. |
