Submissions

Interested teams are encouraged to thoroughly review the “Challenge Guidelines” for full challenge guidelines, design constraints, evaluation criteria, and submission package requirements (including formatting).

Technical Paper and Digital Poster Package
December 3, 2023

All deadlines must be met by 11:59 p.m. EST on the date specified below, unless otherwise indicated.

DATE	DEADLINE
April 29, 2022, 2-3:30 p.m. EST	Q&A Session #1 for interested teams
Sept. 15, 2022	Notice of Intent (NOI) Deadline with initial concept details
Sept. 21, 2022	Deadline for teams to submit questions in advance of Q&A #2
Sept. 27, 2022, 2-3:30 p.m. EST	Q&A Session #2 for interested teams
Oct. 20, 2022	Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Submission Deadline
Nov. 7, 2022	Teams receive PDR Feedback
Jan. 8, 2023	Conceptual Design Review (CDR) Submission Deadline
Jan. 30, 2023	Selection Announcements are made; Teams receive CDR feedback; construction begins for four (4) finalists
Feb. 9, 2023	Stipends are sent to Finalist Teams
May 18, 2023	Software Design Review (SDR) Submission Deadline
July 2, 2023	Mission Readiness Review (MRR) Submission Deadline
Aug. 15, 2023	Integration and Testing at Ft. Sumner, NM
Oct. 16, 2023	Flight complete, data returned to students
Dec. 3, 2023	Finalist Teams’ Technical Paper and Digital Technical Poster Deadline
Jan. 8, 2024	Kickoff meeting with ETD for official NASA development

FLOATing DRAGON is managed by the National Institute of Aerospace on behalf of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility’s Balloon Program Office.