The students' design concept - called the Lunar Plume Alleviation Device, or Lunar PAD - aims to solve problems caused by lunar dust kicked up during launches and landings.
The students first proposed the new design for a competitive proposal writing workshop led by the Office of the Chief Technologist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and the L'SPACE Academy - the student collaboration project for NASA's Lucy mission at Arizona State University in Tempe.
The team won funding to print and test a small-scale prototype with help from NASA's Moon-to-Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technologies (MMPACT) project, Austin-based construction technologies startup ICON, and the Sounding Rocketry Team at Texas A and M University in College Station.
Artemis is NASA's robotic and human return to the Moon. Inspiring the next generation of explorers - the Artemis Generation - ensures America will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery. MMPACT is funded by NASA's Game Changing Development Program.
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