Kids tried to land a model lunar module using a remote-controlled drone to recreate NASA's Apollo 11 mission Saturday at Monroe Community College. The competition is part of the Apollo Next Giant Leap Student Challenge, in which students in fifth through 12th grades build a replica of the lunar module and program a Lego robot to act as a rover; use a remote-controlled drone to land the module on a map of the moon's surface; maneuver the rover across the map of the lunar surface and complete various missions to score points; plant a flag; and safely return the lunar module to where it started using a drone.
First Published July 21, 2019, 12:25 a.m.
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