After completing a pre-mission training program and site selection activity, students take on the roles of scientists and engineers in Mission Control to complete a mission and collect data for further analysis. The program can be accessed remotely via the internet, or students can conduct their mission as part of a VSSEC-based experience. This program is the outcome of a collaboration between VSSEC, The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) at Sydney University, Monash University, (School of Geoscience,) and the ACRI Games Technology Lab at La Trobe University. Students, working as scientists or engineers
Full-day, @VSSEC (9:00am – 3:00pm)
School-based, (1:30pm – 3:00pm)
$30 (plus GST) per student @ VSSEC
$250 (plus GST) per class for school-based program @ online
POA for International
Please ask whether your school is eligible for a subsidy
Years 9 and 10.
May also be run at school; apply to VSSEC for information.
Please find pre-mission material for the Robotic Mission to Mars Program here
Preparing for your visit, essential information.
Robotic Mission to Mars Australian Curriculum