NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (former NASA Great Moonbuggy)

This information collection supports the President's initiative to create opportunities to advance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The NASA Human Exploration Challenge/Great Moonbuggy Race is a vehicular engineering activity that targets both high school and college students. Participation is voluntary. It is designed to connect classroom training to tangible activities that enable practical application of STEM disciplines, cultivate innovative thinking, and embrace teamwork. This event is inspired by the original lunar rover that piloted across the Moon's surface in the early 1970's during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. Many NASA missions reapplied existing technology/reused shuttles -- adding improvements when possible and applicable. Therefore, in the spirit of continual improvement, and effective through this extension, teams can now re-use vehicles from previous events, provided at least fifty percent of the combined total structure and associated systems have been modified or replaced. The 'NASA Form 4687/Returning Vehicle Report and Verification' was added to this information collection for that purpose. Public participation remains voluntary.

The latest form for NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (former NASA Great Moonbuggy) expires 2020-07-31 and is listed under ICR 201710-2700-006.