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Student team members from Johnson High School in Huntsville, Ala., along with their advisors, hold the rocket they designed, built and launched for the Student Launch Initiative, an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from Johnson High School in Huntsville, Ala., along with their advisors, hold the rocket they designed, built and launched for the Student Launch Initiative, an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Johnson High School participants in the Student Launch Initiative pack the parachute which was used to recover their rocket and payload after it was launched from a test site on Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

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Johnson High School participants in the Student Launch Initiative pack the parachute which was used to recover their rocket and payload after it was launched from a test site on Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Student team members from Sparkman High School in Huntsville, Ala., make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from Sparkman High School in Huntsville, Ala., make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Student team members from Johnson High School in Huntsville, Ala., make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from Johnson High School in Huntsville, Ala., make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Student team members from The Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala., make pre-launch adjustments to a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from The Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala., make pre-launch adjustments to a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Student team members from Johnson High School in Huntsville, Ala., prepare to head to the launch pad with a rocket they designed and built during their participation in an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from Johnson High School in Huntsville, Ala., prepare to head to the launch pad with a rocket they designed and built during their participation in an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Student team members from Sparkman High School in Madison County, Ala., make final preparations at the launch pad before beginning the countdown and igniting a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from Sparkman High School in Madison County, Ala., make final preparations at the launch pad before beginning the countdown and igniting a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Student team members from The Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala., make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Student team members from The Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala., make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket they designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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Months of work invested by students in designing, building and testing a rocket, along with its experimental payload, are rewarded when the rocket successfully takes off and soars skyward.

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Months of work invested by students in designing, building and testing a rocket, along with its experimental payload, are rewarded when the rocket successfully takes off and soars skyward.

Credit: NASA/MSFC

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