Current HERC Teams
NASA has selected student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build human-powered rovers that will compete next April at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
2025 Human Exploration Rover Challenge Teams
Human Power Division
- Academy of Arts, Career, and Technology High School; Reno, Nevada – High School
- Albertville Innovation Academy; Albertville, Alabama – High School
- Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama – College/University
- Bledsoe County High School; Pikeville, Tennessee – High School
- Campbell University; Buies Creek, North Carolina – College/University
- Centro Boliviano Americano – Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz, Bolivia – High School
- Chaminade High School; Mineola, New York – High School
- Christian Brothers University; Memphis, Tennessee – College/University
- Colegio Mis Estrellas; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – High School
- Deira International School; Dubai, United Arab Emirates – High School
- Dunbar High School; Fort Myers, Florida – High School
- East Central High School; Moss Point, Mississippi – High School
- Erie High School; Erie, Colorado – High School
- Escambia High School; Pensacola, Florida – High School
- Fernando Suria Chaves; Barceloneta, Puerto Rico – High School
- Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women; New Delhi, India – College/University
- Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – College/University
- International Hope School of Bangladesh; Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh – High School
- Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa – College/University
- Istanbul Technical University; Istanbul, Turkey – College/University
- Jayshree Periwal International School; Jaipur, Rajasthan, India – High School
- Jesco von Puttkamer School; Leipzig, Germany – High School
- Kealakehe Public High School; Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – High School
- Liberty University; Lynchburg, Virginia – College/University
- Liceo Cientifico Dr Miguel Canela Lazaro; Villa Tapia, Dominican Republic – High School
- Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, Tennessee – College/University
- NPS International School; Singapore – High School
- Oxon Hill High School; Oxon Hill, Maryland – High School
- Parish Episcopal School; Dallas, Texas – High School
- Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Juan Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico – College/University
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru; Lima, Peru – College/University
- Preludio; Usaquen, Bogota, Colombia – High School
- Purdue University Northwest; Hammond, Indiana – College/University
- Queen’s University; Kingston, Ontario, Canada – College/University
- Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, Rhode Island – College/University
- SoulPhamm; South Plainfield, New Jersey – High School
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Weatherford, Oklahoma – College/University
- Tecnologico de Monterrey – Campus Cuernavaca; Xochitepec, Morelos, Mexico – College/University
- The Westwood Academy; Coventry, United Kingdom – High School
- Trine University; Angola, Indiana – College/University
- Universidad Catolica Boliviana “San Pablo” La Paz; La Paz, Bolivia – College/University
- Universidad Catolica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo; Chiclayo, Peru – College/University
- Universidad de Monterrey; Nuevo Leon, Mexico – College/University
- Universidad de Piura; Piura, Peru – College/University
- University of Alabama in Huntsville; Huntsville, Alabama – College/University
- University of Central Missouri; Warrensburg, Missouri – College/University
- University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia – College/University
- University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico – College/University
- Westwood High School; Austin, Texas – High School
- Wheat Ridge Senior High School; Wheat Ridge, Colorado – High School
Remote-Control Division
- Alabama A&M University; Normal, Alabama – College/University
- Assumption College; Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand – High School
- ATLAS SkillTech University; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – College/University
- Blue Box; Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia – College/University
- Campbell University; Buies Creek, North Carolina – College/University
- Central Magnet School; Murfreesboro, Tennessee – High School
- Colegio Santa Terezinha; Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – High School
- Dreams of Bangladesh; Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh – High School
- Enteskedu; Baku, Azerbaijan – High School
- Erie High School; Erie, Colorado – High School
- Instituto Salesiano Don Bosco; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – High School
- Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – College/University
- International Hope School of Bangladesh; Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh – High School
- Jesco von Puttkamer School; Leipzig, Germany – Middle School
- NPS International School; Singapore – High School
- Preludio; Usaquen, Bogota, Colombia – High School
- Princess Margaret Secondary School; Surrey, British Columbia, Canada – High School
- Saint Mary Catholic School; Richmond, Virginia – Middle School
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Weatherford, Oklahoma – College/University
- Tecnologico de Monterrey – Campus Cuernavaca; Xochitepec, Morelos, Mexico – College/University
- Union of Social and Cultural Organizations from Camacari; Camacari, Brazil – High School
- Universidad Catolica Boliviana “San Pablo” Sede Cochabamba; Cochabamba, Bolivia – College/University
- Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Lima, Peru – College/University
- University of Central Missouri; Warrensburg, Missouri – College/University
- Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart; Lake Forest, Illinois – High School
