Odisha School Team Selected for NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Bhubaneswar:
The Navonmesh Prasar Student Astronomy Team (NaPSAT), comprised of 10 students from the school, has been selected to participate in NASA’s 2021 Human Exploration Rover Challenge scheduled for April.
NaPSAT, an initiative of the Bhubaneswar-based Navonmesh Prasar Foundation, is an interdisciplinary team of space enthusiasts engaged in projects ranging from the design of space systems, rovers, rockets, satellites and astronomy to participating in various international events.
Odisha: The Navonmesh Prasar Student Astronomy Team (NaPSAT), made up of 10 students from the school, has been selected to participate in NASA’s 2021 Human Exploration Rover Challenge scheduled in April. NaPSAT is an initiative of the Bhubaneswar-based Navonmesh Prasar Foundation. pic.twitter.com/bnWi492qRk
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Anil Pradhan, founder of the Navonmesh Prasar Foundation said that it is the first time that a school team from India has been selected for this challenge.
“It is happening for the first time that a school team from India has been selected to participate in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge. We created a team during the time of COVID and identified 10 students from Odisha. We provided them with training and Then we apply for NASA. Rover Challenge. The interdisciplinary team has students from the school as well as students from ITI. They are building a rover that can move on the surface of Mars and it would be a human-powered rover, “Pradhan told ANI.
“We received the invitation from NASA and the event will take place in April 2021. We are preparing a rover and we will send it to NASA. We will go there and compete with other teams. We are also raising funds,” he said.
Tanvi Mallick, Class 9 student, who is part of the team, said: “I knew about NaPSAT. I decided to try this and was also selected. We have been selected for NASA’s Rover Human Exploration Challenge 2021. to be selected and the first team of high school students from India. We will go to Alabama in April 2021 and represent India in this competition. “
Speaking about the technicalities, another member of the team, Ankan Mondal, said that his rover can support the weight of two people while moving on the terrain of Mars and the moon.
“We will build a human-powered rover for Mars and the moon. We have to make sure that the rover can support the weight of two people. 100 teams are participating in the event,” he said.
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