Lunar Mission

The Aerospace Jam 2024-25 is a competition for high school teams across Wisconsin to use drones on a NASA Lunar-inspired simulated mission. The program is co-sponsored by the NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and the Milwaukee Bucks. Our goal is to recruit students from diverse backgrounds and cultivate a welcoming and inclusive event that will foster meaningful interactions among teammates and teams.

The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at the Fiserv Forum.

The Challenges

By December 1, 2024, teams will be provided with a drone and sensor kit to design and build a data-acquiring platform for a “landing” on the Moon. Monthly meetings and technical support will be provided throughout the early spring semesters. The day-long competition will take place on April 10, 2025 at the Milwaukee Bucks’ Fiserv Forum. All team members will be provided free tickets to the Bucks game later that same day.

Specific team challenges will include:

specific drone maneuverability tasks
sensing and locating objects within the flight area
measuring objects within the flight area
mission planning and FAA regulations

There will be several awards that teams can compete for:

Team Grand Artemis – overall winner – best combination of day-of performance, social media score, and mission planning
Team Artemis Navigator – day-of winner – best score for day-of performance
Team Artemis Luminary – Mission planning – best mission plan
Team Artemis Aware - Outreach winner - best communication strategy and outreach performance

Participating Teams

Cedarburg High School
Golda Meir High School
Racine Horlick High School
Marshfield High School
Menomonee Falls High School
Catholic Memorial High School
Waukesha North High School
Brookfield Launch

Technical support for the competition will be provided in multiple ways.

Part of the Aerospace Jam challenge is locating needed resources and help from online communities on the web. There are multiple support sites for help with Raspberry Pi Pico and sensors, e.g. Raspberry Pi Pico Forum, which can provide help on thorny hardware, software issues, and drone builds.

Teams can access the following Discord web page: https://discord.com/invite/ShsPVMzpyW
You can use the Discord site to connect with other competitors in the competition for help, technical support, and more.

Finally, you can view video tutorials at the following Aerospace Jam web page: https://www.carrollu.edu/academics/aerospacejam/meetings-and-tutorials

Resources

Our Partners

Milwaukee Bucks

NASA

WSGC

Contact

Do you have any questions about the event?
Please contact Mike Mortensen: mmortens@carrollu.edu