Space Technologies and Rocketry (STAR)

CalSTAR (Cal Space Technologies and Rocketry) is UC Berkeley’s premier competitive rocketry team. Founded in Fall 2015 in a university without an aerospace engineering program, CalSTAR is comprised of a medley of audacious and wildly curious students with a burning passion for space. In the spring of 2017, CalSTAR competed in NASA’s Student Launch Competition (NASA SL). This coming year, CalSTAR plans on competing in both NASA SL and ESRA’s Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) with lofty, yet tangible, aspirations of achieving a Space Shot, a feat that no other college has accomplished, in the upcoming years. As a member involved in either competition, one will obtain industry-like hands-on experience on the entire design process -- from inception and design, through manufacturing and integration, and all the way to testing and launching. Grounded in strong collaborative, technical writing, and problem-solving skills, CalSTAR welcomes challenges and innovative and daring ideas. In addition to pursuing competitions, CalSTAR aims to educate local Bay Area students and residents about rocketry to foster a growing aerospace community. Built on the diligence, dedication, and passion of its members and the local community, CalSTAR dares to reach where no other college team has been before.READY TO LAUNCH.