Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Will Meet In April At Marshall Space Flight Center
Twenty student teams selected by NASA from colleges and
universities around the country are spending the winter building
sophisticated rockets they will launch high over Alabama during
NASA's 2008-2009 University Student Launch Initiative in April.
The annual rocketry challenge will be held April 18 at NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. Student teams will
bring their rockets to the NASA center, where professional
engineers will conduct formal design reviews of the vehicles before
the students take part in a final, all-day launch.
The initiative, managed by Marshall's Academic Affairs Office,
is designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in fields
critical to NASA's mission: science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.
Each student team will design, build and field-test one rocket,
earning practical experience in the development and execution of a
complex engineering project from design to launch. They must
develop a vehicle that can fly to an altitude of 1 mile and sustain
an onboard science experiment that gathers measurable data.
In addition to developing and testing their rockets, teams
develop a project Web site and deliver preliminary and post-launch
reports to their NASA counterparts for review. Teams also conduct
related projects for schools or youth organizations in their area,
helping to spread interest in engineering and rocketry to upcoming
generations of students.
The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
in Washington sponsors the University Student Launch
Initiative.
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