Frequently Asked Questions
General
Moon Camp is an educational and inspirational school project that uses innovative learning technologies to challenge students to create their own space habitat.
This year you can participate in the Moon Camp Challenge from 10 September 2024 to 28 April 2025.
Moon Camp is open to individuals or teams, and has to be supported by a teacher, educator or parent. The team’s mentor has to create an account and submit the team’s project using the online submission platform.
Register for an account on the website and submit your project to us to have your project shown in the project gallery and receive certificates.
Moon Camp has an open format and therefore welcomes a large variety of projects related to different subjects. Visit Moon Camp in the Curriculum to find examples of projects that fit into various school subjects.
Moon Camp has one single category and is accessible to all entry levels. Teams can submit different types of projects in the same category.
Moon Camp is a non-competitive challenge. All individuals/teams that submit an entry that complies with the guidelines will be granted a participation certificate, their projects will be published in the gallery and these teams will be invited to watch the final online event with an ESA astronaut.
All teams that submit a valid project will receive a participation certificate and will be invited to watch the final online event with an ESA astronaut.
All valid projects will be displayed on the Moon Camp online Project Gallery (see top menu).
Please ask us any questions to the Moon Camp email: moon.camp@esa.int.
Project submission
You can choose different space locations in our Solar System. Your project can be based on the Moon, but also Mars, Mercury, Venus, Titan, Ganymede, or even an asteroid. General information about some locations in our Solar System can be found in the Choose your space location section.
For more information about the space environment visit the Resources section of this website, that include animations, infographics, tutorials, webinars, and classroom resources.
Moon Camp is an online sharing community for teams to showcase their projects related to the design of a space habitat. Teams can submit different types of projects:
- Arts and crafts
- 3D design
- 3D printing
- Robotics
- Game-based design
- Augmented and virtual reality
- Scientific experiments
- Other types of projects that relate to the design of a space habitat are also eligible.
For examples visit the Choose your design tool and techniques section.
There is no limit to the number of projects you can submit for Moon Camp.
Yes. The mentor can support multiple teams and submit multiple projects.
Participation is open worldwide to teams of students aged up to 19 years old. Moon Camp is open to individuals or teams. The projects must be submitted by a teacher, educator or parent. Students attending a postsecondary/tertiary institution are not eligible to apply.
Yes, Moon Camp is open worldwide.
No, your project does not need to be in English, you may submit your project in any language. Please note that automatic translation of the projects may take place, so we do suggest to submit your project in English to avoid incorrect translations. Primary communication about the challenge will also be in English, or automatically translated emails.
Yes, you will receive an e-mail confirming that your entry has been received. You will receive a separate email with the certificates once your project has been checked. Please note, that this may take some time. If you have any issues or are unsure about the status of your submission, please contact us at moon.camp@esa.int.
The projects will be published soon after their submission. If you would like to request the deletion of a published project please contact us via email: moon.camp@esa.int.
Educational resources
There are many educational resources available here, ranging from classroom activities, animations, expert videos and tutorials.
Autodesk Tinkercad and Fusion 360 are free to use for educational purposes. For more information on Tinkercad, click here. For more information on Fusion 360, click here.
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use web-based app for 3D design. Find out more information here.
Fusion 360 is a free 3D design software for students, educators, and academic institutions. Find out more information here.
