2016 MAV Automated Ground Support Challenge
Eighteen teams competed in the Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize Competition – Automated Ground Support Equipment competition on April 13, 2016, at the Davidson Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The AGSE challenged the teams to demonstrate an autonomous robotic system that could retrieve and load a simulated Martian sample into a rocket and prepare the rocket for launch. To complete the challenge, teams also had to launch their rocket at the Student Launch event on April 16, 2016, to 5,280 feet, coming as close to that mark as possible for maximum points. The MAV Prize is a NASA Centennial Challenges competition.
For more information about the MAV Prize Competition, click here.
2016 MAV Automated Ground Support Challenge
Eighteen teams competed in the Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize Competition – Automated Ground Support Equipment competition on April 13, 2016, at the Davidson Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The AGSE challenged the teams to demonstrate an autonomous robotic system that could retrieve and load a simulated Martian sample into a rocket and prepare the rocket for launch. To complete the challenge, teams also had to launch their rocket at the Student Launch event on April 16, 2016, to 5,280 feet, coming as close to that mark as possible for maximum points. The MAV Prize is a NASA Centennial Challenges competition.
For more information about the MAV Prize Competition, click here.