Future Engineers Mars Medical Challenge
Target Audience: Students age 5 to 19 (grades K-12)
"Calling all students! NASA wants your help to design an object that could be used by an astronaut to maintain physical health on a three-year mission to Mars. The Mars Medical Challenge is the fifth in a series of Future Engineers Challenges where students in grades K-12 create and submit a digital 3-D model intended to be printed in 3-D and used for a wide range of medical needs including diagnostic, preventive, first-aid, emergency, surgical and/or dental purposes.
As NASA continues to investigate how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, radiation and stress that occur long-duration spaceflight, Future Engineers proposes to engage students with a related challenge. The Mars Medical Challenge asks students to design a 3-D printed object that will keep astronauts healthy during the long trip to the Red Planet. Specifically, medical and dental hardware will be emphasized during this challenge.
Students ages 5-19 are invited to become the creators and innovators of tomorrow by using 3-D modeling software to submit their designs for hardware that could be used by astronauts on a future mission to Mars. Students have the opportunity to win prizes ranging from a Mars prize pack or a 3-D printer for their school to a trip to Houston for a tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The challenge closes on January 26, 2018, and winners will be announced on March 28, 2018.
What health-related items do you think an astronaut will need on that journey, and why would these items require a 3-D printer? It?s time to start flexing your problem-solving and design skills to find a solution ? good luck!" (source)
For more information about the challenge and how to enter, visit www.futureengineers.org/marsmedical.
As NASA continues to investigate how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, radiation and stress that occur long-duration spaceflight, Future Engineers proposes to engage students with a related challenge. The Mars Medical Challenge asks students to design a 3-D printed object that will keep astronauts healthy during the long trip to the Red Planet. Specifically, medical and dental hardware will be emphasized during this challenge.
Students ages 5-19 are invited to become the creators and innovators of tomorrow by using 3-D modeling software to submit their designs for hardware that could be used by astronauts on a future mission to Mars. Students have the opportunity to win prizes ranging from a Mars prize pack or a 3-D printer for their school to a trip to Houston for a tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The challenge closes on January 26, 2018, and winners will be announced on March 28, 2018.
What health-related items do you think an astronaut will need on that journey, and why would these items require a 3-D printer? It?s time to start flexing your problem-solving and design skills to find a solution ? good luck!" (source)
For more information about the challenge and how to enter, visit www.futureengineers.org/marsmedical.
This page last updated June 4, 2018