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The 15th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race is April 4-5, 2008 in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Students are required to design a vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems that are similar to problems faced by the original Moonbuggy team.

Each Moonbuggy will be human powered and carry two students, one female and one male, over a half-mile simulated lunar terrain course including "craters", rocks, "lava" ridges, inclines and "lunar" soil.

The top three winning teams in each division (one high school division and one college division) will be those having the shortest total times in assembling their moonbuggies and traversing the terrain course. Each team is permitted two runs of the terrain course, and the shortest course time will be added to the assembly time for the final total event time.



April 7, 2008
We have just arrived home from the 2008 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race and what an amazing experience. The competition was all we expected and more. The course was tremendous and Huntsville and the Marshall Flight Centre was a fantastic venue. Even though we had some difficulties, we never gave up and continued to work late into the night in the pooring Alabama rain to ensure we competed the following day. We learned a lot and we wish we could do it again.

Thank you to all of our sponsors. We appreciate your support and we definitely could not have made it as far as we did without your assistance.

Click on "COMPETITION PHOTOS" in the above menu bar to see all the photos from the 2008 NASA Great Moonbuggy Race

March 22, 2008
More photos have been added to the Photo Gallery. The competition vehicle is coming along very well. We are extremely close to having a rolling and function moonbuggy. Check back often for up-to-date photos of our progress.

Februrary 17, 2008
New photos have been added to the Gallery. The frame has been constructed and welded. We are now prepared to manufacture the suspension and drivetrain elements. Please check back for new images regularily.