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Moon Camp is an education project run in collaboration between ESA and the Airbus Foundation, in partnership with Autodesk. It uses innovative learning technologies to challenge students to design their own Moon settlement with a 3D modelling tool. It features preparatory classroom activities that focus on learning by-design and science experimentation.
Teams have to design their Moon Camp, which should be adapted to the Moon environment, consider the use of local resources and provide protection and living and working facilities for the astronauts.
Moon Camp is divided in three separate categories featuring different levels of complexity: Moon Camp Discovery (beginners), Moon Camp Explorers (intermediate) and Moon Camp Pioneers (advanced).
This year you can also share your school project through the Moon Camp @School sharing platform. Join the Moon Camp community and share your projects related to design or the exploration of the Moon. These projects can range from scientific experiments, hands-on projects, design of space infrastructures, 3D printing models, virtual or augmented reality worlds and much more. Get creative!
Be creative and start designing your own Moon Camp now!
In the 2021-2022 edition, a record number of students took on the challenge to 3D design an innovative and futuristic Moon Camp to host future space explorers. The fourth edition of the Moon Camp Challenge involved the participation of 5649 pupils from 53 countries worldwide.
The Moon Camp jury, a panel of ESA, Airbus Foundation and Autodesk experts in lunar exploration, 3D design, and space technology, were blown away by the impressive quality of the student’s projects. Check out some of the impressive projects below!
Prepare your students for their Moon Camp project with our useful resources on all things lunar. You can find 3D design tutorials for Tinkercad and Fusion 360, curricular classroom resources covering a wide range of STEM topics, videos with space experts, interesting moon animations and much more!
Resources are available in multiple languages, as well as closed captions for videos.
Visit the Resources page to find out more.
