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Moon Camp Challenge 2020-2021 Winners

18/05/2021 8662 views 31 likes

The European Space Agency, Airbus Foundation and Autodesk are delighted to announce the winning projects of the Moon Camp Challenge 2020-2021.

This year, a record number of teams accepted the challenge to 3D design an innovative and futuristic Moon Camp to host the future space explorers. The third edition of the Moon Camp Challenge involved the participation of 4173 pupils from 53 countries across the globe, including 22 from ESA Member States, Canada, Slovenia and Latvia.

ESA, Airbus Foundation and Autodesk congratulate all teams that completed this difficult challenge! Well done!

1336 teams from 46 countries, for a total of 2541 pupils, joined the non-competitive beginners category, Moon Camp Discovery, and designed a rocket, a rover, a lunar lander, an orbital space station or astronaut’s quarters.

Moon Camp design by Mona Astra team from USA

For the intermediate Moon Camp Explorers category, 323 teams from 31 countries (including 15 ESA Member States, Canada and Latvia), for a total of 1112 pupils, created a complete Moon base using Tinkercad.

Moon Camp design by AMAR team from Czech Republic - inside

For the advanced Moon Camp Pioneers category, 164 teams of 520 pupils from 21 countries, including 13 ESA Member States and Latvia, designed a complete Moon base using Fusion 360.

The jury composed of a panel of experts in 3D design, space technology and lunar exploration was extremely impressed with the quality of the projects. They had the difficult task of selecting the three best entries from ESA Member States and the three best from non-ESA Member States in each category. All the entries were judged on their creativity and innovation, feasibility, quality of the 3D model and the adaptability of the design to the lunar environment.