HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- When the "moon dust" had settled Saturday, teams from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, and Graff Career Center in Springfield, Missouri, were winners in the sixth Annual "Great Moonbuggy Race" in Huntsville, Alabama.
"The moonbuggy race is intended to inspire students to confront the kind of hard tasks that NASA takes on, so they will be ready to carry on the mission, " said Dr. Jim Dowdy, University Relations officer with the Education Office at Marshall Space Flight Center.