Bring together a team of space explorers to create a space habitat for the astronauts of the future.
Be creative! In this edition you can explore the Moon or other places in the Solar System. You can also develop several different types of projects.
The deadline for submissions is the 25 April 2024. Submit your project to receive a participation certificate and an invite to join the final event. All projects will be published in the Moon Camp Gallery.
A final online event open to all the participants will take place in May 2024. Save that date in your agenda. Join the other teams, an ESA astronaut and other Space experts.
To join the Moon Camp Challenge your team has to create a habitat for human space exploration.
In the future, to enable astronauts to stay on the Moon for long periods of time, new infrastructures must be developed to overcome important challenges. Such challenges include protection from radiation and meteorites, energy production, the extraction and recycling of water, food production and much more.
In this edition, the challenge has a new enhanced format that is more accessible and flexible for the participating teams.
Your team can explore the Moon but also venture further into other locations in our Solar System. For some suggestions and extra information about planets and moons in our Solar System visit the Choose your Space Location page.
Your team’s project can also be submitted in more formats than before, and be created using different tools and techniques. These projects can range from scientific experiments, artistic or hands-on projects, design of space infrastructures, 3D printing models, virtual or augmented reality worlds and much more. For some suggestions of tools and techniques visit the Choose your Design Tool page.
Level: beginners to advanced, your team chooses how complex the project will be
Age range: up to (and including) 19 years old
Language: language of their choice
Submission format: Short description of the project, including supporting elements like for example images, or a video, or a 3D design object.
Registrations: open from 21 September 2023 to 25 April 2024.
Final online event: May 2024, open to all the participants that submitted a project.
The projects can be viewed in the Project Gallery. All teams will receive a Moon Camp participation certificate once the project is uploaded.
* Moon Camp Challenge is open worldwide. In the framework of the current collaboration agreement between ESA and Airbus Foundation, if you apply from an ESA Member State*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Canada, Lithuania or Latvia your team will have to fulfil the following extra conditions:
• At least 50% of team members must be citizens of an ESA Member State, Slovakia, Slovenia, Canada, Lithuania or Latvia.
• Each team member must be:
‒ Enrolled in a full time primary or secondary school located in an ESA Member State, Slovakia, Slovenia, Canada, Lithuania or Latvia
‒ or, be home-schooled (certified by the National Ministry of Education or delegated authority in an ESA Member State, Slovakia, Slovenia, Canada, Lithuania or Latvia)
‒ or, be a member of a club or after-school group, such as Science Club, Scouts or the like.
* ESA Member States in 2023: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Project submissions to the Moon Camp Challenge will be accepted from 21 September 2023 to 25 April 2024.
Virtual event with an ESA astronaut and space experts, open to all the participants that submitted a valid project
Exploring space is about travelling farther and coming back with new experiences and knowledge to help us on Earth. Humankind will benefit from the new discoveries, ambitions, science, inspiration, and challenges.
When designing a space habitat teams need to adapt their design to the environment, consider the use of local resources and provide protection and living and working facilities for the astronauts.
Prepare your project, start by choosing your location, design tools and techniques.
Prepare your students for their Moon Camp project with our useful educational resources. 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.
Get inspired with these amazing projects designed by teams from all over the world during last year’s edition.
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Czech 
Danish 
Estonian 
Finnish 
French 
German 
Greek 
Hungarian 
Italian 
Latvian 
Lithuanian 
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Norwegian 
Polish 
Portuguese (Portugal, AO90) 
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