Team Zopherus Phase 3: Level 1 of NASA s 3 D Printed Habitat Challenge

Team Zopherus from Rogers, Arkansas, is the firstplace winner of Phase 3: Level 1 of NASAs 3DPrinted Habitat Challenge. The teams design includes using a moving printer that deploys rovers to retrieve local materials. NASAs 3DPrinted Habitat Challenge aims to further the progression of sustainable shelters that will someday occupy the Moon, Mars or beyond by pushing citizen inventors to develop new technologies capable of additively manufacturing a habitat using indigenous resources with, or without, recyclable materials. The 3DPrinted Habitat Challenge is managed through a partnership with NASAs Centennial Challenges Program and Bradley University. Bradley has partnered with sponsors Caterpillar, Bechtel and Brick Mortar Ventures to administer the competition. NASAs Centennial Challenges program is part of the agencys Space Technology Mission Directorate, and is managed at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. For information about the 3DPrinted Habitat Challenge, visit: