June 3, 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

RELEASE: 11-177

NASA ANNOUNCES LUNABOTICS MINING COMPETITION WINNERS

Cape Canaveral, Fla -- Thirty-six teams of undergraduate and graduate students from around the globe tested their robot designs in a challenge at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida from May 26-28

During the competition, teams remotely controlled excavators, called lunabots, to determine which could collect the most simulated lunar soil during a specified timeframe The first place mining competition team was Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada The Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence winner was the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks

Winners in other competition categories are: -- On-Site Mining Award Winners: University of North Dakota and West Virginia University -- Judges Innovation Design Award: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz -- Arizona Communications Efficiency Award: Laurentian University -- Team Spirit Award: University of Alabama -- Slide Presentation Award: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla -- Outreach Project Award: Montana Tech, University of Montana -- Systems Engineering Paper Award: John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark

The competition is designed to engage and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines critical to NASA missions

For more information about the competition, visit:

http://www nasa gov/lunabotics

For information on NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

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