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From Campus to Cosmos: MTU Astro-Huskies Place Third in NASA Lunabotics Challenge

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Michigan Tech’s Astro-Huskies team traveled to Florida to compete in the 2026 NASA Lunabotics Challenge where they qualified for the finals and placed third overall. (Image courtesy of MTU MINE)

Michigan Tech students never shy away from a good challenge, and the Astro-Huskies of Tech’s Multiplanetary INnovation Enterprise (MINE) are no different. The Astro-Huskies team placed third in the 2026 NASA Lunabotics Challenge. 

The annual year-long competition puts collegiate teams to the test, designing, building, and testing prototype lunar construction robots. This year, 47 teams were selected to compete in the qualifying round at the University of Central Florida before the top 10 teams moved on to the three-day final at the NASA Kennedy Space Center on May 19-21. 

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Michigan Tech’s Clean Snowmobile Team Takes First Place in SAE International Competition

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A Michigan Tech-branded snowmobile is driven by an SAE Clean Snowmobile team member in the annual challenge in Eagle River, Wisconsin.
The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge team took home first place in the sparked ignition snowmobile challenge. (Images courtesy of Michigan Tech Advanced Motorsports Enterprise)

Michigan Tech’s sparked ignition (SI) team took home first place overall as well as first place in the design phase of competition in the SAE International annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge earlier this month. Michigan Tech’s Clean Snowmobile Challenge team entered two sleds in this year’s competition at the World Championship Derby Complex in Eagle River, Wisconsin: one in the SI category and one in the compression ignition diesel utility snowmobile (CI) competition. 

The Michigan Tech team came in second in the CI category, which is being phased out. This year’s challenge included 14 teams from the United States and Canada. 

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Design Expo Seeks Judges for 25th Anniversary

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Design Expo is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Be a part of the historic event and become a judge!

Since it began in 2000, Michigan Tech’s Design Expo has been a nexus of student innovation and industry collaboration. This year’s event marks the 25th anniversary of more than 1,000 Enterprise and Senior Design students showcasing their designs and demonstrating their real-world problem-solving skills to the community, industry partners, and Michigan Tech faculty and staff. The Enterprise Program is looking for individuals to volunteer as distinguished Design Expo judges.

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