Build the Moon | Plant the Moon
Help NASA learn to build on the Moon!
Can your students help determine how to use lunar regolith to create concrete and build structures on the surface of the Moon?
NASA is going back to the Moon! In order to enable astronauts to stay on the lunar surface for long periods of time, new infrastructure, habitats, and systems are needed to conduct the ever more ambitious missions. Learning to build this infrastructure from lunar resources is important. Can your students help tackle this challenge?
Registration for next year's Build the Moon Challenge is coming soon!
Plant the Moon
Take your own giant leap into space exploration! Join a global science experiment and research challenge to examine how vegetable crops can grow in lunar or Martian soil. NASA is heading back to the Moon and will explore more of the lunar surface than ever before! This Challenge asks elementary and middle school students to test what nutrients, fertilizers, or other modifications to the regolith are needed to grow nutrient rich, sustainable food sources for future astronauts.