2021 Challenge Links
- NASA and NIA Coverage:
- Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge Aims to Break Through More than Just Ice
- NASA Solve: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) have selected 12 university teams as semi-finalists in NASA’s 2021 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- University Teams Demonstrate ‘Cool’ New Technologies for the Moon, Mars
- NASA Science Live: Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge
- University Coverage:
- Aggie engineering students produce advanced prototype for NASA challenge
- Meet The Makers Of STYX And STONES, A Cal Poly Robot
- Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Students Advance to Semifinals in NASA Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Students Win Most Accurate Digital Core in NASA Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- SDSU engineering students rise to national finalists in NASA Moon to Mars competition
- Northeastern University Team Places 2nd at NASA RASC-AL Competition
- General News Coverage:
- NASA seeks application from students for harvesting water on Moon, Mars
- NASA to award students $10,000 for helping astronauts harvest water on Mars, Moon
- NASA sets water challenge to aid crewed missions to the moon and Mars
- NASA’s ‘Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge’
- University teams demonstrate 'cool' new technologies for the Moon, Mars
- NASA Science Live: Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge
- NASA wants to harvest water on Moon and Mars, and Virginia Tech team thinks it can help
- 13NewsNow: College students take on 'Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge' for NASA
- News18: University Students Devise Prototype For NASA To Harvest Water On Moon And Mars
- Yahoo News: NASA wants to harvest water on moon and Mars, and Virginia Tech team thinks it can help
Last updated: 8/26/20
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Past Winners & Technical Reports
- View 2020 RASC-AL Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge Participants
Note: The 2020 Onsite Competition was cancelled due to COVID-19 and no awards were presented. - 2019 RASC-AL Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge Winners
- 2018 RASC-AL Mars Ice Challenge Winners
- 2017 RASC-AL Mars Ice Challenge Winners
2020 Challenge Links
- NASA and NIA Coverage:
- School Specific:
- Cal Poly Students Selected to Help NASA Find Ways to Drill for Water on Mars and the Moon
- Meet the students helping NASA collect water on the Moon and Mars
- 16 Cal Poly Students to be Honored by Lawmakers at State Capitol on March 2
- Cal Poly students to help NASA drill for water on Mars and the moon. Yes, really
- Mines students qualify for 2020 NASA Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- NU Team to Compete in 2020 Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- UT Named Finalist in NASA’s 2020 Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
- Is There Life on Mars? With the Right Tools, There Could Be.
- Students compete in NASA design contest
2019 Challenge Links
- NASA and NIA Coverage:
- School Specific:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville:
- Northeastern:
- Stevens Institute of Technology:
- University of Houston:
- West Virginia:
- WVU Mountaineer engineers win 2nd NASA competition in 3 years
- WVU robotics team on top again, wins second NASA competition in 3 years
- Williamstown High School graduate member of winning WVU robotic team
- West Virginia University Wins NASA Robotics Contest
- WVU to compete in third-straight Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge
- General News Coverage:
- News from around our 50 states
- University Teams Practice Drilling for Water on the Moon and Mars
- Dig Deeper, ARDAS, The Search For Life Continues!
- From the Moon to Mars: How Protolabs is Helping Students Advance Space Developments
- Protolabs: NASA’s Thirst for Water on Mars Quenched by Student Innovators
- Livestreams:
2018 Challenge Links
- NASA and NIA Coverage:
- NASA LaRC SACD SMAB Page: https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/smab/mars-ice-challenge/
- Press Release, “NIA-News Release 2017-08: NASA and NIA Announce Finalists in the 2018 Mars Ice Challenge”
- Media Advisory, “Students to Drill Deep in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge”
- gov, “NASA Puts Mars-forward Student Technologies to the Test”
- NASA Langley Research Center Youtube, “Students Drill into 2nd NASA Mars Ice Challenge”
- “This Week @NASA, June 8, 2018” video and podcast
- General News Coverage:
- PR Newswire, “Teams work at simulated Martian ice stations using drills they designed & built”
- Lake County News, “Space News: NASA puts Mars-forward student technologies to the test”
- Associated Press:
- “NASA hosts college students for Mars ice simulation,” picked up by over 225 media outlets, including:
- S. News & World Report
- Washington Post
- Chicago Tribune
- Houston Chronicle
- Washington’s Top News
- “NASA hosts college students for Mars ice simulation,” picked up by over 225 media outlets, including:
- Local Coverage:
- 10 on your side, WAVY.com, “NASA Langley hosts college students for Mars ice simulation”
- Daily Press, “Student engineers vie to win Mars Ice Challenge at NASA Langley”
- 10 on your side, wavy.com, “College students compete in second Mars Ice Challenge at NASA Langley”
- Hampton Newport News Daily:
- University Specific:
- Alfred University, “Alfred University named a finalist in 2018 Mars Ice Challenge”
- Alfred University, “Alfred University team set to compete next week in 2018 Mars Ice Challenge”
- Carnegie Mellon University, “CMU Team in NASA Mars ice drilling competition”
- Genesee Country Express; dansvilleonline.com, “AU students take crack at Martian ice”
- com, “Mines students qualify for 2018 NASA Mars Ice Challenge”
- Knox News, “University of Tennessee team is NASA contest finalist to make Martian water”
- Knox News, “UT Students finalist in NASA competition”
- MIT, “Aero Astro eNews June 2018”
- News@Northeastern, “Space Exploration: Northeastern students win NASA's Mars Ice Challenge with a robot built to extract water from the Red Planet”
- News@Northeastern, “NASA Looks to Students to find Water on Mars”
- Northeastern University, “COE Team Selected as 2018 NASA RASC-AL Mars Ice Challenge Finalists”
- Pittsburgh Business Times, “CMU, WVU teams finalists in 2018 Mars Ice Challenge”
- com, “Students Build Ice Drilling Robot to Find Water on Mars”
- Rowan University, “Engineering team heads to Mars (Challenge)”
- The Journal, “WVU sends two teams to Mars Ice Challenge”
- The Register-Herald, “WVU team is second in Mars Ice Challenge”
- West Virginia Executive, “WVU team finishes second in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge”
- WVU Today, “WVU again sends two teams to NASA Mars Ice Challenge; seeks to defend title”
- West Virginia University News, “West Virginia University team finishes second in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge”
- Livestreams:
- NASA 360: 3 unique Facebook Live events (2 on Wednesday, June 6th and one on Thursday, June 7th): https://www.facebook.com/FollowNASA360/
- Live Stream captures from the Mars Ice Challenge: https://livestream.com/viewnow/MarsIceChallenge
2017 Challenge Links
- NASA/NIA
- Media Advisory: “NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge: Follow the Water”
- Media Advisory:” Students to Drill Deep in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge”
- National Institute of Aerospace: “2017 RASC-AL Special Edition: Mars Ice Challenge – Official Announcement”
- National Institute of Aerospace: “Universities Selected for NASA’s RASC-AL Special Edition: Mars Ice Challenge”
- “University Students Mine for Water at NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge”
- NASA LaRC YouTube: “RASC-AL Special Edition: Mars Ice Challenge at NASA Langley”
- NASA Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate:”RASC-AL: Mars Ice Challenge”
- General Media Coverage
- Space.Com: “Drill! Students Mine for Simulated Martian Ice”
- Space Mining News: “RASC-AL Special Edition: Mars Ice Drilling Challenge”
- Daily Press: “Students rise to NASA's Mars Ice Challenge”
- ABC13: “Students gather in Hampton Roads for Mars Ice Challenge”
- ABC13: “Students competing in NASA's Mars ice challenge in Hampton”
- ECN: “University Students Mine For Water At NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge”
- ECN: “Students Work To Find Ways To Drill For Water On Mars”
- Mars Daily: “University Students Mine for Water at NASA's Mars Ice Challenge”
- Space Ref: “Media Invited to NASA's Mars Ice Challenge at Langley Research Center”
- Business Standard: “US students mine for water at NASA's 'Mars Ice Challenge'"
- Socientificacom: “Mars Ice Challenge: Em busca de água”
- First Post, Tech 2: “US universities demonstrate various methods of drilling water from simulated Mars subsurface ice”
- Hampton Newport News Daily: “These college students will work on extracting water from Mars
- University-specific Coverage
- Alfred University
- Colorado School of Mines
- ABC9 News: “Colorado School of Mines team takes second in NASA competition”
- Colorado Space News: “2017 RASC-AL Special Edition: Mars Ice Challenge”
- CO Mines Newsroom: “Mines students compete in NASA Mars Ice Challenge”
- CO Mines Newsroom: “Mines' NASA Mars Ice Challenge team featured on 9News”
- CO Mines Newsroom: “Mines team takes second in NASA Mars Ice Challenge”
- CO Mines Newsroom: “Multifaceted Mines team takes on NASA's Mars Ice Challenge"
- CO Mines Newsroom: “Mines students qualify for 2018 NASA Mars Ice Challenge”
- Golden Today: “Mines team takes second on NASA Mars Ice Challenge”
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Aero Astro News:”MIT and the Mars Ice Challenge
- North Carolina State University
- College of Engineering News: “NC State team one of eight finalists in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge"
- Northeastern University
- College of Engineering Scholarship Report: “2017|2018 Scholarship Report Electrical and Computer Engineering”
- Pennsylvania State University
- M&T For Life: “M&Ts Set Their Sights on Mars with the Mars Ice Challenge"
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas at Austin
- Energy One: “Drilling on Mars”
- UT News: “UT Students Make a Plan to Drill for Water on Mars"
- West Virginia University
- “MIDAS BRINGS HOME THE GOLD IN NASA’S MARS ICE CHALLENGE”
- The Dominion Post: “WVU sends 2 teams to Mars Ice Challenge”
- Cumberland Times: “Potomac State graduate leads team that won NASA's Mars Ice Challenge"
- Mineral Daily News-Tribune: "Keyser man is part of winning NASA Mars Ice Challenge team”
- WVU Today: “WVU again sends two teams to NASA Mars Ice Challenge; seeks to defend title”