{"id":574213,"date":"2026-08-19T22:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574213\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:32:13","slug":"nasa-selects-winner-for-lunar-rover-wheel-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574213\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Selects Winner For Lunar Rover Wheel Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    NASA Selects Winner For Lunar Rover Wheel Challenge | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><br \/>\n                    August 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lunar.jpg\" alt=\"Caption: A father-son team won the challenge Credit: NASA\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>A father-son team won the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: NASA<\/p>\n<p>  NASA has selected a winner for its \u201cRock and Roll\u201d lunar wheel challenge, a competition to find lightweight and durable wheels for long-duration lunar rover surface operations. The winning design was developed by the father-son team of Daniel and Isaac Bloomfield of Australia and consisted of a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787178733_303_Reim-Garrett_sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">NASA Selects Winner For Lunar Rover Wheel Challenge is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA Selects Winner For Lunar Rover Wheel Challenge | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Garrett Reim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-574213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}