About this role
NASA SUITS (Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students) is a software design challenge in which college students from across the country help design solutions for future spaceflight needs. NASA is advancing development of the Moon Base, a long-term lunar exploration and infrastructure initiative designed to enable sustained human presence and expanded scientific and commercial activity on the lunar surface. NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery and economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed mission to Mars. This means engineers are actively developing technologies needed to ensure successful completion of science and exploration missions.
NASA SUITS is a collaboration between NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Activity (xEVA) Systems Office and the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), currently entering its tenth year, to prepare students for aerospace careers. Additional benefits to NASA and the public include strengthening research capacity, building technical expertise, and expanding reach in alignment with NASA missions and needs. OSTEM is preparing tomorrow’s aerospace workforce providing education, industry, and government with a well-prepared talent pool equipped with skills and experiences that enable future NASA missions and strengthen the nation’s aerospace workforce.
A sustained human presence on the lunar surface requires reimagining of how spacewalks are conducted. NASA SUITS contributes to this challenge through displays, voice assistants, and AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) integration.
Only the primary team lead submits an application for the team. Team leads please visit the NASA SUITS website at http://go.nasa.gov/nasasuits to download the current Mission Description and Proposal Guideline documents to aid in your proposal creation and submission.
**Eligible Applicants:** Student and Educator
**Academic Level:** Undergraduate Freshman, Undergraduate Sophomore, Undergraduate Junior, Undergraduate Senior, Graduate Master's, Graduate Doctoral, Post Doctoral
**Activity Type:** In-person / Virtual
**Citizenship:** US Citizen and LPR
**Type:** Challenges