Students use real data from the Perseverance Mars rover to create a system that can monitor and test the MOXIE instrument.

Student teams use block coding or python to program separate components of the Mars Sample Return mission, then combine their projects into a single system.

Students use a visual programming language to create a Mars helicopter exploration game.

In this intermediate-level programming challenge, students use microdevices along with light and mirrors to build a relay that can send information to a distant detector.

Students design, build and program a robotic “super crawler” to transport a payload from a starting position to a target launch pad, deliver the payload in an upright position and return the robot to the starting point.

Students learn about surface features on Mars, then use a visual programming language to create a Mars exploration game.

Students use microcontrollers and temperature sensors to measure the flow of heat through a soil sample.

Students use a visual programming language to create a video game that simulates the process of collecting samples on Mars.

In this challenge, students must program a rover to get from point A to point B on a map without driving across any of the craters located between the two points.