UC Astro Cats

UC Astro Cats The University of Cincinnati Astro Cats is group of seniors in the College of Engineering and Applied Science competing in the NASA USLI competition.

The University of Cincinnati Astro Cats is group of seniors in the College of Engineering and Applied Science competing in the NASA University Student Launch Initiative. The UC Astrocats will be designing and constructing a rocket that reaches an altitude as close to 5280 feet as possible. The rocket will contain a planetary probe that will be deployed via a fairing design. The planetary probe wil

l collect atmospheric data and photos, and transmit the data and photos to the ground control in real time. The data will be plotted to describe the relationship of the data values to altitude and velocity. Not only will the Astro Cats be deisigning building rockets, but we will also be teaching over 200 high school students rocket physics, with hands on design and contruction of water bottle rockets. The information taught will come from NASA documentation on water bottle rockets. We will work with the teachers at the high school to make sure our lesson will relate to what the students have learned in the classroom.

Rookie of the Year Award!!! Way to represent and put Cincinnati rocketry on the map. Looking forward to next year's te...
05/12/2016

Rookie of the Year Award!!! Way to represent and put Cincinnati rocketry on the map. Looking forward to next year's team to step it up!

Winners of 2016 Student Launch Announced by NASA, Orbital ATK

Check out the video of the Astro Cats' project overview. You can see some of our designs and some of the pictures and v...
04/29/2016

Check out the video of the Astro Cats' project overview. You can see some of our designs and some of the pictures and videos from all of our testing and competition launches. It has been an incredibly challenging and rewarding 8-months and we are all very proud of what we accomplished. What a way to end everyone's senior year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUGIB5qte4I

The University of Cincinnati Astro Cats project view

The Astro Cats won the popular vote for the CEAS senior design showcase! Great work everyone!
04/18/2016

The Astro Cats won the popular vote for the CEAS senior design showcase! Great work everyone!

Here is the launch pad video of the Astro Cats' rocket at the NASA . First you will see a close call as another team's...
04/18/2016

Here is the launch pad video of the Astro Cats' rocket at the NASA . First you will see a close call as another team's rocket almost hit our launch rail on its descent. Next, you will see our rocket kick up a bunch of dirt as it lifts off the pad. It was such an exciting competition and there will be plenty more videos and pictures to come. Big thanks to Bragg Farms and Marshall Space Flight Center for hosting such an incredible event!
https://youtu.be/Tkv_V9J50zk

Launch pad video of the Astro Cats' rocket at the 2016 NASA . There was a close call when another team's rocket almost hit us on its descent. M...

NASA 2016 SL Rocket Expo!
04/15/2016

NASA 2016 SL Rocket Expo!

Santa Ono, We are a team of Seniors in Spacecraft Design in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University o...
04/12/2016

Santa Ono, We are a team of Seniors in Spacecraft Design in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, and we are excited to travel to Huntsville Alabama tomorrow, for NASA Student Launch! We have been designing and fabricating a rocket and atmospheric measurement payload since September 2015, and we get to showcase our work this week in front of NASA and all the other competing schools this week. Launch day is Saturday April 16!

The Planetary Investigation Lander (PIL) is coming along great for NASA Student Launch! We finished fabrication last ni...
04/08/2016

The Planetary Investigation Lander (PIL) is coming along great for NASA Student Launch! We finished fabrication last night and are putting the finishing touches on today. This payload will be deployed from the fairing and the pedals will be closed against the side. When it lands, those pedals will spring open (as shown) to allow the PIL to remain upright for data collection on the ground.

The UC Astro Cats last full scale flight test, completed on 4/3/2016 in Cedarville Ohio for NASA Student Launch. We are...
04/03/2016

The UC Astro Cats last full scale flight test, completed on 4/3/2016 in Cedarville Ohio for NASA Student Launch. We are excited to travel to Huntsville Alabama in just over a week, to meet the NASA Student Launch Coordinators and other teams!

The Astro Cats' first full scale launch test. It reached an altitude of 4,670 ft. The custom fairing stayed intact dur...
03/13/2016

The Astro Cats' first full scale launch test. It reached an altitude of 4,670 ft. The custom fairing stayed intact during ascent and deployed our payload at an altitude of 1,000 ft. Everything returned to Earth fully recoverable!
https://youtu.be/0bLBudDvqzc

University of Cincinnati - Astro Cats Full Scale Test Launch

The Astro Cats first full scale launch on Saturday March 12, 2016 for NASA Student Launch. Launch site in Cedarville Oh...
03/13/2016

The Astro Cats first full scale launch on Saturday March 12, 2016 for NASA Student Launch. Launch site in Cedarville Ohio.

Astro Cats pop test of full scale prototype fairing! https://youtu.be/PRkKLArmVPU
02/26/2016

Astro Cats pop test of full scale prototype fairing!
https://youtu.be/PRkKLArmVPU

University of Cincinnati - Astro Cats Pop Test 1

Photos from our second sub-scale launch for NASA Student Launch on Saturday January 30, 2016.
02/01/2016

Photos from our second sub-scale launch for NASA Student Launch on Saturday January 30, 2016.

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