…An astroroboticist! On Monday and Wednesday, the Astrobotic team invited preschoolers and kindergartners from the Carnegie Mellon Children’s School to learn about Red Rover, the Google Lunar X PRIZE mission, and space exploration. The children were taught engaging lessons about how a lunar rover works, the challenges of getting to the moon, the important of teamwork and collaboration, and aspiring to great things. The children were treated to a live rover demo, an illustrated story about sending a robot to the moon, and interactive storyboard, and photos with the rover.

Team Members Michelle Ruiz and Nick Hagelin show the kids a scale model of a Falcon 9 rocket

Nick shares a composite sample with the kids

Nick and Zhao Jin present a visualization of takeoff, orbit and translunar injection

The kids pose with Red Rover