2025 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Audience: Educators and students in grades 6-12 and higher education
Virtual Information Sessions:
Thursday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. EDT
Proposal Deadline: Thursday, Sept. 19
Contact: HERC@mail.nasa.gov
NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) is accepting proposals for its 2025 competition that will be held April 11-12, 2025, in Huntsville, Alabama.
New for 2025, HERC will feature a remote-controlled rover division open to middle school, high school, and university student teams. These teams construct remote-controlled rovers that will traverse challenging terrains and use specialty tools for completing simulated Artemis mission tasks.
In the human-powered rover division, teams of high school and university students are challenged to design, build, test, and compete with human-powered rovers capable of traversing challenging terrains that simulate lunar and Martian surfaces.
To register for a virtual information session to better understand proposal expectations, please email HERC@mail.nasa.gov.