South Dakota State University HERC Team
South Dakota State University’s extracurricular Human Exploration Rover Challenge team designs and builds remote-controlled planetary-rover prototypes. Its six-student 2026 team developed TERRA, a battery-powered rover carrying water-pH, air-carbon-dioxide and soil-moisture sensing capabilities. Students undertook design and operational-readiness reviews, construction and field testing before finishing second in the college remote-control division at NASA HERC in Huntsville on 10–11 April 2026. Several members brought experience from the university’s earlier RASC-AL rover work; participation was voluntary and separate from required or elective classes.
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- Field
- Remote-controlled planetary rovers, mechanical design, environmental sensing, systems engineering, field testing and NASA HERC
- Name
- South Dakota State University HERC Team
- Region
- NA
- Status
- active
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- Description
- South Dakota State University’s extracurricular Human Exploration Rover Challenge team designs and builds remote-controlled planetary-rover prototypes. Its six-student 2026 team developed TERRA, a battery-powered rover carrying water-pH, air-carbon-dioxide and soil-moisture sensing capabilities. Students undertook design and operational-readiness reviews, construction and field testing before finishing second in the college remote-control division at NASA HERC in Huntsville on 10–11 April 2026. Several members brought experience from the university’s earlier RASC-AL rover work; participation was voluntary and separate from required or elective classes.
- Latitude
- 44.31941
- Location
- Longitude
- -96.78839
- University
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:26:46 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:26:46 UTC