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6 Indian Students To Participate In NASA Rover Challenge In the US Next Week
The 14 to 18 students were chosen from children's homes, remote villages, and cities across India to participate in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2023.

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Six students from India will travel to the United States next week to compete in the NASA Rover Challenge 2023. Students who have yet to leave their villages are preparing to fly to the American agency's space and rocket center in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.



The 14 to 18 students were chosen from children's homes, remote villages, and cities across India to participate in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2023.



These children came from various socioeconomic backgrounds across India and were mentored by the Odisha-based Young Tinker Educational Foundation (formerly Navonmesh Prasar Foundation). Their team is one of 61 teams chosen from around the world.




  • Siddhanth Ghosh is from Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh's Chittineni Akarsh, Andhra Pradesh's Sai Akshara Vemuri, and Odisha's Basudeba Bhoi, Akanksha Das, and Om Padhi.

  • They created a rover capable of exploring the surface of Mars and the Moon and returning data and images. Their team is ready to represent India at the international level and will travel to Huntsville, Alabama on April 14.



"Interview was done across India, five thousand plus student participated in the interview, and six students selected from them for NASA rover challenge for India," Akanksha Das, who lives in an orphanage and studies at government ITI Bhubaneswar, told ANI. We submitted a proposal to NASA, which was accepted, and we followed all of the guidelines. We built a lightweight Rover. We finished third in the previous edition and hope to take first place this year."



Om Padi, who lives in an orphanage, said people at the orphanage helped her.



"The people at the orphanage encourage my talents." Whether it was my education or my interest in science, they always tried to take care of me. Found out about the project and took me to Anil. “I did an interview and was selected,” she explained to Om Padhi.



Anil Pradhan is the founder and team mentor of the Young Tinker Educational Foundation.


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