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Current HERC Teams

NASA selects student teams to begin a 9-month long engineering design challenge to build human-powered and remote-controlled rovers that will compete in April at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

A folder rover for NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge

2026-2027 HERC Teams

Human Power Division  – University

  • Auburn University – Auburn, Alabama
  • Campbell University – Buies Creek, North Carolina
  • Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, Florida
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa
  • Istanbul Technical University – Istanbul, Türkiye
  • Middle Tennessee State University – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
  • Purdue University Northwest – Hammond, Indiana
  • Queen’s University – Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, Rhode Island
  • Simon Fraser University – Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University – Weatherford, Oklahoma
  • Tennessee Technological University – Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Texas Tech University – Lubbock, Texas
  • The University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Trine University – Angola, Indiana
  • Universidad Aeronáutica en Querétaro – Querétaro, Mexico
  • Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira – Pereira, Colombia
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville – Huntsville, Alabama
  • University of Central Missouri – Warrensburg, Missouri
  • University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia
  • University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez – Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  • University of Tennessee at Martin – Martin, Tennessee 

Human Power Division  – Middle/High School

  • Albertville Innovation Academy – Albertville, Alabama
  • Centro Boliviano Americano Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
  • Colegio APEC Fernando Arturo de Merino – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Colegio Mis Estrellas – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Debbie Smith CTE Academy – Reno, Nevada
  • Erie High School – Erie, Colorado
  • Explorative Pathways for Innovative Career (EPIC) Campus – Littleton, Colorado
  • Fulton Science Academy Private School – Alpharetta, Georgia
  • Kealakehe High School – Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  • Korean Minjok Leadership Academy – Hoengseong, Gangwon, South Korea
  • Mayfield High School – Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Parish Episcopal School – Dallas, Texas
  • Plymouth High School – Canton Township, Michigan

Remote-Control Division – University

  • Alabama A&M – Huntsville, Alabama
  • American University – Washington, DC
  • Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green, Ohio
  • Campbell University – Buies Creek, North Carolina
  • Centro Boliviano Americano Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
  • Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral – Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, Florida
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Queen’s University – Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • San Francisco State University – San Francisco, California
  • South Dakota State University – Brookings, South Dakota
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University – Weatherford, Oklahoma
  • Trine University – Angola, Indiana
  • Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo La Paz – La Paz, Bolivia
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería – Lima, Peru
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville – Huntsville, Alabama
  • University of Central Missouri – Warrensburg, Missouri
  • University of West Florida – Pensacola, Florida
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology – Boston, Massachusetts

Remote-Control Division – Middle/High School

  • Banbury and Bicester College – Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Brookings High School – Brookings, South Dakota
  • Chaminade High School – Mineola, New York
  • Colegio Mis Estrellas – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Edison Academy Magnet School – Edison, New Jersey
  • Explorative Pathways for Innovative Career (EPIC) Campus – Littleton, Colorado
  • FirstBuild – Louisville, Kentucky
  • Fulton Science Academy Private School – Alpharetta, Georgia
  • Kealakehe High School – Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  • Needham High School – Needham, Massachusetts
  • Ozdemir Bayraktar High School – Elmadag, Ankara, Türkiye
  • St. Joseph Higher Secondary School – Mohammedpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Student Association for Robotics Advancements – Edison, New Jersey

Previous Human Exploration Rover Challenge Teams

A student at the Human Exploration Rover Challenge using an electric sander

2026 HERC Teams

In the foreground, a small rover with six wheels drives over rocky ground. The rover is silver with yellow accents. Walking behind it are the two students who are steering it. One student wears a luchador-like mask and holds a neon green game controller connected to a laptop. The other student holds the laptop. Onlookers watch on the sidelines behind a thin yellow rope.

2025 HERC Teams

Two people on a rover challenge vehicle with a Start the challenge banner hanging above

2024 HERC Teams

Two students man a rover built for the Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC).

2023 HERC Teams

Students from Alabama A&M University near Huntsville, Alabama, pilot their vehicle through the obstacle course at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center during NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge event on April 22, 2023. Credits: NASA

2022 HERC Teams

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