Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea by Shengtao Ma

Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fa'alumana'i Competition Category.

ApamemeaFa'alumana'i· 2026

Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Different Design Companies

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Fa'alumana'i Category

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The Design

About Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O ta'avale fa'amaopoopo ma mafai ona vavae'ese ua avea ma fofo aoga e fo'ia ai siosiomaga ogaoga o le vateatea, e pei o le va'aia ma le fa'avevela, fa'apea fo'i ma mana'oga eseese o misiona su'esu'e. E ala i le fuafuaga fa'amaopoopo, e mafai ona fa'atulaga ma le fetuutuuna'i vaega galue eseese e fetaui ma mana'oga eseese o su'esu'ega faasaienisi; ma e ala i faiga maualuluga e lagolago ai le ola, e fa'amautinoa ai le saogalemu ma le mafanafana o tagata su'esu'e i le vateatea i le taimi o misiona umi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Endeavor Galuega Autu: Ta'avale Su'esu'e i le Vateatea e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

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.