Are you ready for this year’s NASA TechRise Student challenge? From researching Earth’s environment to designing experiments for space exploration, schools are invited to join NASA in its mission to inspire the world through discovery. If you are in sixth to 12th grade at a U.S. public, private, or charter school – including those in U.S. territories – your challenge is to team up with your schoolmates and develop a science or technology experiment idea for this year’s NASA TechRise flight vehicle – the high-altitude balloon!
The High-Altitude Balloon will offer approximately four to eight hours of flight time at approximately 70,000 to 95,000 feet and exposure to Earth’s atmosphere, high-altitude radiation, and perspective views of our planet.
A total of 60 winning teams will be selected to build their proposed experiment. Each winning team will be awarded:
Note that no experience is necessary to participate in the NASA TechRise Challenge! The steps below will help your team plan and submit your experiment idea.
Virtual Educator Workshops
August 1 - October 11, 2024
Join one of the NASA TechRise Virtual Educator Workshops to learn more about the challenge, participate in live Q&A with TechRise mentors, learn about high-altitude balloons, and how to develop a NASA TechRise proposal.
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NASA TechRise Proposal Q&A Webinar
October 15, 2025 10:00 - 12:00 PT
Do you have questions as you work on your NASA TechRise Student Challenge proposal? Then, join the NASA TechRise Student Challenge Proposal QA Webinar anytime between 10 am -12 pm PT to have them answered live.
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STUDENTS
Develop an experiment idea with your school team and fill out the Proposal Template. Give your completed proposal to your teacher.
TEACHERS/EDUCATORS
Coordinate with your students to submit their team proposal. Educators can submit an unlimited number of proposals, but each proposal must be unique.
NASA's Flight Opportunities program is leading the NASA TechRise Challenge, which is administered by Future Engineers. Flight Opportunities rapidly demonstrates technologies for space exploration, discovery, and the expansion of space commerce through suborbital testing with industry flight providers. The program matures capabilities needed for NASA missions and commercial applications while strategically investing in the growth of the U.S. commercial spaceflight industry. These flight tests take technologies from ground-based laboratories into relevant environments to increase technology readiness and validate feasibility while reducing the costs and technical risks of future missions. NASA’s Flight Opportunities program is funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and managed at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
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