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NASA Student Launch
2026–27 · Now: Preliminary Design Review (stage 3 of 7)
2026–27 progress
Proposal (done)Sep 14, 2026
Selected (done)Oct 1, 2026
PDROct 29 – Nov 24, 2026
CDRJan 7 – Feb 3, 2027
FRRMar 8 – 29, 2027
LaunchApr 7 – 11, 2027
PLARApr 26, 2027
Now · stage 3 of 7
Preliminary Design Review
The PDR report, slides, and flysheet, with the final motor choice, are due October 29. Then the team presents its design to a NASA review panel by video teleconference (November 9–24).
Run by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Office of STEM Engagement (Huntsville, Alabama)
A nine-month challenge in which teams design, build, test, and launch a high-power rocket carrying a scientific or engineering payload.
Teams pass a series of reviews — Preliminary Design, Critical Design, Flight Readiness, and Launch Readiness — before flying in Huntsville, then submit a Post-Launch Assessment Review.
Run by NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
An international collegiate high-power rocketry competition for students at Tribal Colleges and Universities, Native American–serving institutions, and schools with active AISES chapters.
Through the 2018–19 season, teams competed in Tribal Launch and AISES Launch categories. Since 2020 it has run as a NASA Artemis Student Challenge with Moon, Mars, and Gateway challenges, judged on flight performance and on oral and written reports.
The NASA insignia and First Nations Launch logo are trademarks of NASA and the NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. They appear here for identification and for informational and historical purposes only, to show the competitions Bearospace has entered. Their use does not imply endorsement by, or affiliation with, either organization.
