Northwestern University

Space Technology and Rocketry Society

NUSTARS is the premier aerospace organization at Northwestern dedicated to rocketry, aerospace engineering, and experimental space technology.

Projects

NASA Student Launch

Our Rocket Team is building a launch vehicle with payload and airbrakes for the May 2025 launch in Huntsville, AL.

NASA BIG Idea Challenge

Our Space Technology Team is developing inflatable metals for lunar infrastructure for the November 2024 forum in Las Vegas.

Past Projects

2024 NASA Student Launch

Our Rocketry Team built a launch vehicle and glider payload for the April 2024 competition in Huntsville, AL

2023 NASA BIG Idea Challenge

Our Space Technology Team developed the Autonomous Casting RovEr (ACRE) and won the Systems Engineering Award

Sponsors

NASA

Northwestern Engineering

Onshape

Ansys

National Aerospace Corporation

Overleaf

Epsilon 3

IMS Engineered Products

NASA — Northwestern Engineering — Onshape — Ansys — National Aerospace Corporation — Overleaf — Epsilon 3 — IMS Engineered Products —

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