NASA CHALLENGES AND LINKS
NASA provides different types of challenges for educators to bring real-world engagement to their classroom.
These challenges are subject to change from year to year.
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Challenges
Host by:
Institute of Competition Sciences (ICS)
This challenge asks K-12 students to test what nutrients they can grow in Moon or Mars regolith. Students will use research to help grow plants in the regolith provided. Check out the amazing Plant the Moon/Mars Challenge to bring real-world hands-on learning to your classroom.
Registration is open every Fall and Spring
Hosted by: Future Engineers
NASA TechRise Challenge is geared towards 6th - 12th grade students. Students design, build and launch experiments in suborbital flight.
No experience needed to participate! Opens in August.
Hosted by: NASA
App Development Challenge is a coding challenge where NASA presents a technical problem to high school and community college students . Learn more about this opportunity
Registration opens August 13, 2026
Hosted by: NASA
Human Exploration Rover Challenge has students design, develop, build, and test human-powered rovers capable of traversing challenging terrain.
Check site for registration information