
The NASA University Student Launch Initiative (NSL, or USLI) is an annual rocketry competition that takes place in Huntsville, Alabama. The competition challenges student groups not only to innovate in engineering, but also to share that passion for the STEM fields with younger students through educational outreach activities.
In the 2017 event, SOAR developed a rocket that could identify targets on the ground using a camera system and onboard computer, and then perform a controlled upright landing. The rocket launched Alabama on April 8th.
For general information on this competition, see the NASA Student Launch website.
DOCUMENTS (Recent First)
- Post Launch Assessment Review Report (PLAR) (PDF, 197 KB)
- Landing Module Navigation Code (GitHub)
- Landing Module Vision Processing Code (GitHub)
- Flight Readiness Review Report (FRR) (PDF, 3.67 MB)
- Includes details for each module and section of the rocket, electronics, vehicle and landing module criteria, safety, budget, funding, and timeline.
- FRR Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Presentation slides for the FRR conference with NASA.
- FRR Flysheet (PDF, 45.2 KB)
- Vehicle, motor, and parachute properties and data.
- Critical Design Review Report (CDR) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
- Preliminary Design Review Report (PDR) (PDF, 1.77 MB)
- Project Proposal (PDF, 325 KB)
- Includes initial information on team structure & leadership, resources (location, hardware, software, people), safety (contingencies, legal issues, transportation of rocket engine, etc), projected design plans, outreach, budget, and timeline.
UPDATES
Launch Day!

This week at SOAR -- getting ready for competition!

Final Launch Day (Before Competition)

Flight Readiness Review Report
This is just a heads up that we have published our final report before the actual NASA Student Launch in […]Full-Scale Launch Day

February Build Days

2nd January Build Day

General Body Meeting

January Build Day & Update

December Build Days

Subscale Launch Day

2nd Prototyping Meeting

1st Prototyping Meeting

2nd Mechanical Engineering Design Meeting

1st Mechanical Engineering Design Meeting

SOAR Submits Proposal for NASA Student Launch 2016 - 2017
