Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab Makes Finals in Two NASA Centennial Challenges

The Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab (PTSDL), also known as HuskyWorks, earned a place in the final round of two NASA challenges in 2024: the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge and the Watts on the Moon Challenge. Both are part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges, a program that invites publicly funded teams to develop advanced technologies and solutions that will further NASA’s goal of establishing a permanent human presence in space.
The team representing the PTSDL and Michigan Tech’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering included undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students led by Paul van Susante, the Lou and Herbert Wacker Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the PTSDL’s director.
Read more about the HuskyWorks team’s accomplishments in MAE Magazine.