An annual competition for college students to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day work alongside astronauts on the Red Planet. Former students and community members alike are encouraged to reach out to their alma matters and local universities to help form teams.

The 2012 Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge (URC) will be held May 31 – June 2, 2012 at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah.  Teams and their rovers will compete in five tasks: equipment servicing, site survey, sample return, presentation, and astronaut assistance that will require rovers to search for a distressed astronaut who is lost and disabled in the field.

Project owners + coordinators:
Kevin Sloan