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Challenge Involves Building a replica of the Apollo Lunar Lander

Update on the Apollo 50 th Student Challenge. Challenge Involves Building a replica of the Apollo Lunar Lander Using a Blue Heron Drone to fly over the high resolution map of the Apollo 11 landing site and endeavoring to land a Mindstorm Rover within a prescribed landing ellipse.

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Challenge Involves Building a replica of the Apollo Lunar Lander

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  1. Update on the Apollo 50th Student Challenge • Challenge Involves • Building a replica of the Apollo Lunar Lander • Using a Blue Heron Drone to fly over the high resolution map of the Apollo 11 landing site and endeavoring to land a Mindstorm Rover within a prescribed landing ellipse. • Modify a Lego Mindstorm to carry an Astronaut and Payload to move along a prescribed path on the lunar surface and deliver the payload at a prescribed location. • Complete the exercise in the shortest amount of time with the greatest accuracy to staying within the set exploration path. • .

  2. This picture shows the rover course

  3. Course Layout Student Flight Crew No Entry Drone takeoff and landing area except for placement of the Lunar Astronaut 10 ft Opaque Screen Control table for drone and robot No Entry 13 ft

  4. Actual Apollo 11 Walks

  5. Landing Ellipse 50% 70% 90% 100% 10 ft 13 ft

  6. Surface Exploration Required Travel Path B: Actual Landing site C: Payload Deployment A: Target Landing Site

  7. 60% Scoring Zones for Payload deployment B: 80% C: 100% Payload Delivery

  8. Required Travel Path B: Actual Landing site C: Payload Deployment A: Target Landing Site D: Pebbles Geological Samples

  9. Required Travel Path B: Actual Landing site C: Payload Deployment D: Pebbles Sample Return

  10. Payload Delivery Scoring 60% 80% B: Actual Landing site 100% C: Payload Deployment D: Pebbles

  11. Update on the Apollo 50th Student Challenge Status • Proof of Concept with more refinements to occur in December • Hubs at • Definite – WA, OR, ID, MT, SD/ND, AZ, TX, OK, NC/SC,MN • Possible –PA,TN/KY, GSFC,OH/MI,NM • Hubs must have at least 20 teams participate in Challenge • Only Recognized Hubs can award grand prizes to JSC • SCC will be a sub-hub (local competition) – the winner will be eligible to go to the July Hub competition in Charleston SC

  12. Update on the Apollo 50th Student Challenge Status • Local Institutional Challenges can be Schools, Libraries, and Museums – SCC will be a local host • Individual teams can register to go and compete at a Hub but no financial support from organizers • Already got Blue Heron Drones to be a sponsor – offering substantial cost reduction to Drones

  13. Update on the Apollo 50th Student Challenge Important Dates • Official announcement of challenge, mid- January, 2019 • Registration opens February 1, 2019 and closes March 30. • Mission Patch mini-competition submissions due April 15. • Institutional Teams run local competitions, April-June – SCC date is May 4th, 2019 • Mission Patch winners announce April 30. • Submissions for best practice video posted on social media with a hash tag of #Apollo50, #ACS2019 close June 15, • Awards for best social media video given June 30. • ACS Hub events run between July 16-20, depending on which Hub is selected. • Winner of the Hub Events are invited to visit Johnson Space Flight Center for August 7-9showcase • Secondary awards may be provided at the ACS Hubs and may differ accordingly.

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