Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa by Shengtao Ma

Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā No Ka Wā E Hiki Mai Ana Competition Category.

KeleaweWā Hiki Mai· 2026

Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Different Design Companies

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Wā Hiki Mai Category

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The Design

About Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa

Kikokikona Puke: Ua lilo nā kaʻa māhele a hiki ke wehe ʻia i hopena kūpono no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kaiapuni paʻakikī o ka lewa, e like me ka ʻole o ka ea a me ka radiation, a me nā pono like ʻole o nā misiona mākaʻikaʻi. Ma o ka hoʻolālā māhele ʻana, hiki ke hoʻonohonoho maʻalahi ʻia nā māhele hana like ʻole e kūpono ai i nā koi noiʻi ʻepekema like ʻole; a ma o nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo ola holomua, ua hōʻoia ʻia ka palekana a me ka ʻoluʻolu o nā astronaut i ka wā o nā misiona lōʻihi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Endeavor Hana Mua: Kaʻa Mākaʻikaʻi Lewa i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The modular space engineering vehicle is designed to improve the efficiency and safety of extraterrestrial scientific expeditions. Its modular design allows for flexible configuration of different functional modules to adapt to diverse scientific research needs; and its advanced survival support system ensures the safety and comfort of astronauts during long-duration missions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 4200mm x Length 1200mm x Height 4600mm
Tags: Safety, Technology, Modular, Intelligent, Resource exploration, new energy, space exploration
Production Technology: This product uses silicon carbide fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite material and near-net-shape forming through additive manufacturing to achieve high temperature resistance and lightweight. Each functional module can be rapidly reconfigured via electromagnetic locking and thermal control interfaces. Key load-bearing components undergo electron beam welding and vacuum heat treatment to meet extreme environmental requirements.
Design Challenge: During the product design process, many problems arose in the assembly of the various modular devices. Finally, through exploration, a unified and standardized rapid assembly solution was completed.
Research: This product uses standardized interfaces to quickly combine units such as movement, drilling, analysis, and power supply, enabling multi-functional vehicles, on-orbit maintenance and upgrades, significantly reducing mission costs and risks, and supporting the sustainable development and utilization of future space resources.
Inspiration: As lunar, Mars, and asteroid exploration missions deepen, traditional single-use spacecraft are costly, time-consuming, and poorly adaptable, making them unsuitable for meeting the diverse needs of resource exploration and exploitation. Intensified commercial competition in the Earth-Moon space sector necessitates a scalable and reconfigurable universal platform. Modular space resource exploration vehicles have emerged to address this need.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Qingdao, China in January 2024 and concluded in Qingdao, China in December 2025.
Operation Flow: Each module can be quickly assembled and disassembled through standardized interfaces. The navigator vehicle is responsible for path planning and environmental detection, while the resource vehicle is responsible for material transportation and equipment deployment. This not only meets the needs of deep space exploration and space station resupply, but also reduces the risk of single-module failure through separate execution, providing a flexible platform for sustainable space exploration.