May 25, 2010

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M29-10

INAUGURAL LUNABOTICS MINING COMPETITION GOES LIVE WITH NASA EDGE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA EDGE, an award-winning agency talk show, will host a live webcast from the Lunabotics Mining Competition at 11 a m EDT on May 28 from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Astronaut Hall of Fame

More than 20 university teams from around the country built remote-controlled or autonomous excavators, called lunabots, for the competition NASA EDGE will take viewers behind the scenes as the teams prepare their robots for lunar excavation

The mining competition is a NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate project designed to engage and retain students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields It also provides a competitive environment that may result in innovative ideas and solutions that could be applied to actual lunar excavation for NASA

To view the webcast, visit:

http://www ustream tv/channel/nasa-edge3

Video highlights of the setup, practice and competition will air on the NASA TV Video File For downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Images of the event will be posted in the Kennedy Media Gallery at:

http://mediaarchive ksc nasa gov

For more information about the competition and a list of participating teams, visit:

http://www nasa gov/lunabotics

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