The  was the only group of community college students to present in the NASA Spacesuit Technology Challenge  on June 11.

萝莉研究所 SUITS students went up against teams from Embry-Riddle, University of Akron, Columbia University, University of Baltimore, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Harvard, Southwestern Indian Poly, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina State, University of Michigan, Boise State, Texas A&M, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Kent State.  Click here to view the program agenda.

The Team pitched the idea of utilizing virtual reality and user interface, making use of simple hand signals for astronauts to activate responses. They also included the idea of using a 360-degree camera to capture multiple angles. 

 NASA astrounaut Nick Hague NASA Architect Kevin Key

A panel composed of NASA architects and an astronaut reviewed the pitches and provided feedback. See some of the comments below:

鈥淚 like that the design came from an astronaut鈥檚 perspective. You really researched and put yourselves in our shoes.鈥�

鈥淚 like how you thought about the use of hand signals to activate responses.鈥�

鈥淚 think you hit on something big. You looked at information from video games to guide us.鈥�

鈥淚 like the uniqueness that you brought by incorporating gaming technology to your design.鈥�

鈥淵our idea of having a 360-degree camera to take the whole world with us is awesome. The fact that you hit on that idea is impressive.鈥�


NASA SUITS, one of NASA鈥檚 Artemis Student Challenges, tasks teams of college and university students to design and create spacesuit information displays within augmented reality environments. The challenge provides students with an authentic engineering design experience that will engage them in the innovative science critical to NASA鈥檚 Artemis program, which will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024. The students鈥� work with the challenge may improve how astronauts communicate with mission control on the ground as they perform moonwalks. These human-autonomy enabling technologies are necessary for the increased demands of lunar surface exploration. Artemis Student Challenges are managed by the NASA鈥檚 Office of STEM Engagement. The program helps support the agency education policy of using NASA鈥檚 unique missions and programs to engage and encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math careers.

To learn more about the 萝莉研究所 NASA SUITS Team, follow their social media accounts.