Teams that did not travel were allowed to conduct their final test flights at a home launch field. Sixty teams from 22 states including Puerto Rico took part in this year’s competition, with 27 teams launching April 23 near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. I encourage all of our participants to maintain a curiosity to learn and to explore.” “There are so many opportunities before them, and they should be so proud of what they’ve accomplished and learned in Student Launch. These students are the next generation - the Artemis Generation,” NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy told the teams. “Programs like NASA's Student Launch are part of a greater process to prepare a new generation of scientists, engineers, astronauts, and explorers to pick up the torch and carry out the next missions. NASA announced the winners Thursday during a live virtual ceremony.Įach year, NASA challenges middle school, high school, college, and university students from across the United States to design, build and launch a high-powered amateur rocket, fly it to an altitude between 4,000 and 6,000 feet, and make a successful landing. For the second year in a row, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte won the launch division, while Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, won first place in the design division of NASA’s 2022 Student Launch rocketry competition.

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