TECHNICAL REPORTS / DATA SEARCHING

• NASA Standards by Topic
• NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
• NASA Technology Transfer Program: Software Catalog
• NASA Materials and Processes Technical Information System (MAPTIS)
  • To request access to MAPTIS, choose “Register” from the Menu Bar. Complete the form as prompted. Under “Justification,” denote you are associated with NASA’s RASC-AL Competition. Your request will be reviewed by a NASA Official.
• Los Alamos National Laboratory: Research Library
• Idaho National Laboratory
• U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information
• Knovel
• Library of Congress (Applied Science)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT / SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

• Project Plan Template – NASA APPEL
• NASA’s Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements
• NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (2019)
  • (Previous Version) NASA Systems Engineering Handbook – 2007
• Applied Space Systems Engineering – (Space Technology Series)
  • Authors: Wiley Larson, Douglas Kirkpatrick, Jerry Sellers, Lawrence Thomas, Dinesh Verma

SOFTWARE

• NASA Technology Transfer Program: Software Catalog
• SOLIDWORKS: SOLIDWORKS for Students
  • SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship for Student Teams.
• NASA’s On-Line Tool for the Assessment of Radiation in Space (OLTARIS)
  • OLTARIS provides researchers with access to a toll set that can be used to assess the effects of space radiation on vehicles, electronics, and humans.

ORBITAL MECHANICS

• NASA Technology Transfer Program: Software Catalog
  • General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT), Version 2011A: The GMAT is a software system for trajectory optimization, mission analysis, trajectory estimation, and prediction. For more information or help with using GMAT, contact the GMAT Support Desk at gsfc-softwarerequest@mail.nasa.gov.
• Two-Body Orbital Mechanics
  • This spreadsheet contains no Ephemeris Calculus, stay-time arrivals, or swing-bys; just Hohmann Transfer.
• NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Horizons System
• “Orbit Maintenance and Navigation of Human Spacecraft at Cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits”
  • Authors: Diane Davis, Sagar Bhatt, Kathleen Howell, Jiann-Woei Jang, Ryan Whitley, Fred Clark, Davide Guzzetti, Emily Zimovan, Gregg Barton
• “Options for Staging Orbits in Cis-Lunar Space”
  • Authors: Ryan Whitley, Roland Martinez
• “Targeting Cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits for Human Space Exploration”
  • Authors: Jacob Williams, David E. Lee, Ryan Whitley, Kevin Bokelmann, Diane Davis, Christopher Berry

COST ESTIMATES

• NASA Procedural Requirements: Budget Formulation
• NASA Technology Transfer Program: Software Catalog
  • Project Cost Estimating Capability (PCEC): The PCEC an Excel-based software tool with a collection of cost estimating relationships and models to estimate the development and production costs of spaceflight hardware systems. For more information or help with using PCEC, contact the PCEC Support Desk at msfc-sra-team@mail.nasa.gov.
• NASA Cost Estimating Handbook (CEH), Version 4.0
• NASA Cost Estimating Presentation Chart Deck: 2015 RASC-AL Competition Costing Webinar by Jordan Klovstad (25 March 2015)
• “Sensitivity Analysis of the Advanced Missions Cost Model”
  • Authors: Andrew Owens, Olivier de Weck
• “Rapid Cost Estimation for Space Exploration Systems”
  • Authors: Dale C. Arney, Alan W. Wilhite

TECHNICAL PAPER

Technical Paper Submission Guidelines and Scoring Matrix

• 2026 HuLC Final Deliverables Guidelines
• 2026 HuLC Phase 2 (Final Deliverables) Scoring Matrix
• Technical Paper Submission Checklist

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Technical Paper Faculty Advisor Approval Attestation Form
• Quad Chart Template