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We very highly recommend attendance at coach training each year. We also offer a coach training manual that can be found on our resources page.

Yes. Once teams arrive at Kennedy and check in, there can be no changes to the team's roster. All events are designed for a six person team.

The test is online, 100 multiple choice questions, with a 60 minute limit. Teams must test on the specified day and have a school-related adult supervise the test. All questions on the qualifying test are derived solely from the technical manual.

Yes. If there is an extenuating circumstance that prevents your team from participating at an event, please contact the event organizers. Any team that does not compete in all challenges will not be eligible to win the overall competition winner award.

Teams will need to review the schedule provided and be on time for all events. There are seats available in the landing challenge room if teams would like to invite guests to watch. Teams can also invite guests to their design challenge presentation. At no time can guests or spectators interact with students in the competition. Specific runs of the Flight Simulation Challenge will be televised on a large screen and bleachers are available for seating. The screen and bleachers are outside, so teams should check the weather and be prepared . The Engineering Challenge is not open to anyone other than team members - no coaches, no guests. When your team is not participating in an event, you can enjoy all of the other experiences at the KSC visitor complex. We highly recommend all teams are following Student Astronaut Challenge on social media, as updates are posted on facebook and instagram regularly. 

During the qualifying exam:

• Schools can have as many teams as they wish participate in the qualifying test. The more teams that participate, the greater the chance a school has of being selected for the final competition.
• All teams participating in the qualifying exam will be ranked by their score either in the Apollo Division or Mercury Division category based on their selection during registration.

The final competition:

• The Student Astronaut Challenge follows a one school-one team policy for the final competition. Regardless of ranking, only one team per school can be represented in the finals and in only one of the two divisions. 
• The qualifying position in the finals is the property of the school that sponsors the team.
• The makeup of the team members that will participate in the final is up to the school being represented.

Teams may consist of all middle schoolers, all high schoolers or a mixture of both. If your

school is K-12 or 6-12, you may have one all high school and one all middle school team

or you may have only one team with mixed 6-12 graders. This allows teams to keep

within the rules of one school-one team by having a middle school team and a high

school team or one team from the whole school.