NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge

NASA/Charles Beason

Two students guide their rover through an obstacle course in this April 11, 2025, image from the 2025 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The annual engineering competition - one of NASA's longest standing student challenges - is in its 31st year. This year's competition challenged teams to design, build, and test a lunar rover powered by either human pilots or remote control. More than 500 students with 75 teams from around the world participated, representing 35 colleges and universities, 38 high schools, and two middle schools from 20 states, Puerto Rico, and 16 other nations.

See the 2025 winners.

Image credit: NASA/Charles Beason

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