NASA Invites Reporters To Second Annual Lunabotics Competition

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

May 11, 2011

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov 

Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1601 
ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov 

Jillian McRae
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla.
321-449-4273
jmcrae@dncinc.com 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-093

NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO SECOND ANNUAL LUNABOTICS COMPETITION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forty-six teams of undergraduate and graduate 
students from the United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia and 
India will participate in NASA's Lunabotics Mining Competition May 26 
- 28 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Reporters are invited to cover the competition's opening day from 10 
a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. For 
access to the facility, reporters should contact Jillian McRae at 
321-449-4273. Request for interviews with NASA representatives should 
be submitted to Tracy Young at 321-867-2468.

The student teams have designed and built remote controlled or 
autonomous robots that can excavate simulated lunar dirt. During the 
competition, the teams' designs, known as lunabots, will go 
head-to-head to determine which one can collect and deposit the most 
simulated lunar dirt within 15 minutes.

The event is designed to engage and retain students in the science, 
technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines critical to 
NASA's missions. For more information on the competition and a list 
of participating teams, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/lunabotics

For information about the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visit:

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com

For information on NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education 

	
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