AUSSP
The AUSSP (Auburn University Student Space Program) is a student-led, faculty-mentored program to design, build, launch, and operate spacecraft. Participants launch high-altitude balloons to the edge of space to test engineering and science instruments, they build small satellites that orbit Earth, and they are working with other universities on missions to the moon and Mars.
The AUSSP is made of three groups: the Auburn High Altitude Balloon (AHAB) group, the AubieSat (Small Satellite) group, and the management group – involving students who are not majoring in the sciences or engineering. Many students take Directed Reading in Physics (PHYS 4930) and get credit for participating in AUSSP.
If you are a space buff, if you like to work with other students in teams, if you love to build and see your vehicle sent into space, or if you like to learn management and organizational skills, if you want to build-up your resume and if you are looking for a career at NASA or in the space industry, AUSSP is for you!