ASTRA
The University of Alabama in Huntsville Space Hardware Club student ASTRA team designs, builds, tests, and competes with a planetary rover for the University Rover Challenge. UAH reported ASTRA placed 10th internationally in the 2025 URC; its rover work includes science sensing, equipment servicing, a six-axis robotic arm, GPS/camera autonomous navigation, and redundant radio communications. This record covers planetary-rover engineering and competition activity only.
Identity
- Field
- Mars rovers, planetary robotics, autonomous navigation, scientific payloads, robotic manipulation, and space systems
- Name
- ASTRA
- Region
- NA
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- The University of Alabama in Huntsville Space Hardware Club student ASTRA team designs, builds, tests, and competes with a planetary rover for the University Rover Challenge. UAH reported ASTRA placed 10th internationally in the 2025 URC; its rover work includes science sensing, equipment servicing, a six-axis robotic arm, GPS/camera autonomous navigation, and redundant radio communications. This record covers planetary-rover engineering and competition activity only.
- Latitude
- 34.725
- Location
- Longitude
- -86.64
- University
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:30:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:30:49 UTC