{"id":277731,"date":"2025-09-03T23:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=907832"},"modified":"2025-09-03T23:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:58:14","slug":"rock-and-roll-with-nasa-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=277731","title":{"rendered":"Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The next era of lunar exploration demands a new kind of wheel – one that can sprint across razor-sharp regolith, shrug off extremely cold nights, and keep a rover rolling day after lunar day. The Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge seeks that breakthrough. If you can imagine a lightweight, compliant wheel that stays tough at higher speeds while carrying lots of\u00a0 cargo, your ideas could set the pace for surface missions to follow. For this phased Challenge, Phase 1 rewards the best concepts and analyses, Phase 2 funds prototypes, and Phase 3 puts the best wheels through a live obstacle course simulating the lunar terrain. Along the way, you\u2019ll receive feedback from NASA mobility engineers and the chance to see your hardware pushed to its limits.\u00a0 In Phase 3, to prove concepts, NASA is using MicroChariot, a nimble, 45 kg test rover that will test the best designs from Phase 1 & Phase 2 at the Johnson Space Center Rockyard in Houston, Texas. Whether you\u2019re a student team, a garage inventor, or a seasoned aerospace firm, this is your opportunity to rewrite the playbook of planetary mobility and leave tread marks on the future of exploration. Follow the challenge, assemble your crew, and roll out a solution that takes humanity back to the Moon.<\/p>\n

Award: $155,000 in total prizes<\/p>\n

Open Date: Phase 1 – August 28, 2025; Phase 2 – January 2026; Phase 3 – May 2026<\/p>\n

Close Date: Phase 1 – November 4, 2025; Phase 2 – April 2026; Phase 3 – June 2026<\/p>\n

For more information, visit: https:\/\/www.herox.com\/NASARockandRoll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next era of lunar exploration demands a new kind of wheel \u2013 one that can sprint across razor-sharp regolith, shrug off extremely cold nights, and keep a rover rolling day after lunar day. The Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge seeks that breakthrough. If you can imagine a lightweight, compliant wheel that stays tough [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15705,15787,15988,15788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci","category-get-involved","category-opportunities-to-contribute-to-nasa-missions-get-involved","category-prizes-challenges-and-crowdsourcing-program"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t