The HASP 2026 Call For Proposals has been released. As detailed in the CFP, the Friday, September 26, 2025, Teams conference information can be obtained by registering on the HASP 2025 Q&A Registration Form. If you intend to propose for a seat on HASP 2026, a Notice of Intent is required. The NOI is due on October 06, 2025. There is a new Coversheet and Proposal Template document for this HASP season. All applicants should follow this template guideline.
HASP Call for Proposal Link – HASP 2026 CFP Document
HASP NOI Form Link: HASP NOI Submission Form
HASP Coversheet and Proposal Template: HASP Coversheet and Proposal Template
Q&A Virtual Meeting : September 26, 2025 Meeting Recording
This Payload Interface manual describes the mechanical, electrical, power, and data interfaces between
HASP and student payloads. Your payload must conform to HASP interface standards and not
exceed the specified payload limits.
Doucument Link: HASP Student Payload Interface Manual
A status report from the student team lead will be due on the last Friday of the month from January through November. This is a brief report, no longer than one or two pages, that describes for the month 1) activities of the team members, 2) issues encountered during payload design / development, 3) milestones achieved and 4) current team members, demographics and leaders.
Additional Documents: HASP Team Demographics Spreadsheet
Submission Link: HASP Monthly Status Report Form
This document provides technical details on the final flight configuration of the payload including measured weights, measured current draw (@30 VDC), downlink data format and rate, uplink commands, analog output usage, discrete command usage, and dimensioned mechanical drawings. In addition, your plans for integration with with HASP should be detailed including, at least, all test procedures and test procedure validation results, requested test equipment, schedule and personnel participating in integration.
Template: Payload Specification and Integration Plan
Preliminary PSIP Submission Link: Preliminary PSIP Submission Form
Final PSIP Submission Link: Final PSIP Submission Form
This document provides required information to CSBF and Wallops Flight Facility that is necessary for an individual to be allowed onsite at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, TX. This information is time sensitive. Foreign nationals born in US State Department designated countries or with citizenship from designated countries will not be granted entry to NASA facilities. Additionally, the HASP team, CSBF, and NASA will not provide letters of visa sponsorship / invitation. We are also not responsible for visa delays inside of embassies, so plan accordingly.
Template: HASP Security Clearance Palestine
Additional Documents: Sample Foreign National Letter
Submission Link: HASP Integration Security Submission Form
This document provides required information to CSBF and Wallops Flight Facility that is necessary for an individual to be allowed onsite at the HASP launch site in Ft. Sumner, NM. This information is time sensitive. Foreign nationals born in US State Department designated countries or with citizenship from designated countries will not be granted entry to NASA facilities. Additionally, the HASP team, CSBF, and NASA will not provide letters of visa sponsorship / invitation. We are also not responsible for visa delays inside of embassies, so plan accordingly.
Template: HASP Security Clearance FtSumner
Additional Documents: Sample Foreign National Letter
Submission Link: HASP Flight Operations Security Submission Form
This document will detail procedures for flightline setup, pre-launch checkout, flight operations, error recovery, safeing and payload recovery including a timeline showing specific events relative to the launch at T=0 and identifying personnel participating in flight operations. Note that any operations requested to be performed by HASP flight personnel other than the power-up approximately one hour prior to launch (T – 1 hr) and power down prior to terminate must be specified in this document.
Template: HASP Flight Operations Plan
Submission Link: HASP FLOP Submission Form
A final report on the results from the flight of your payload is due by the end of the calendar year. This report should include an assessment of the payload performance, problems encountered, lessons learned as well as science / technical results from the flight. To access the final report submission form, please click on the provided link
Additional Documents: HASP Team Demographics
Submission Link: HASP Final Report Submission Form