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 Photo release #: 02-131

"Let's light this candle…"
Rocket soars for local college students participating in hands-on initiative

Student team members from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and nearby Alabama A&M make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket and its scientific payload -- both designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Large 3008 x 1960 (72)
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Student team members from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and nearby Alabama A&M make final preparations before counting down and launching a rocket and its scientific payload — both designed and built as part of an educational program sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. (NASA/MSFC)

 

"Let's light this candle…" said Shane Smith, a student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, just before the school's rocket ignited and lifted from its homemade launch pad and soared into the blue. Smith was paraphrasing astronaut Alan Shepard who made a similar statement on May 5, 1961 prior to his first flight. Large 1960 x 3008 (72)
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"Let's light this candle…" said Shane Smith, a student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, just before the school's rocket ignited and lifted from its homemade launch pad and soared into the blue. Smith was paraphrasing astronaut Alan Shepard who made a similar statement on May 5, 1961 prior to his first flight. (NASA/MSFC)

 

"Let's light this candle…" said Shane Smith, a student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, just before the school's rocket ignited and lifted from its homemade launch pad and soared into the blue. Smith was paraphrasing astronaut Alan Shepard who made a similar statement on May 5, 1961 prior to his first flight. Large 3008 x 1960 (72)
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"Let's light this candle…" said Shane Smith, a student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, just before the school's rocket ignited and lifted from its homemade launch pad and soared into the blue. Smith was paraphrasing astronaut Alan Shepard who made a similar statement on May 5, 1961 prior to his first flight. (NASA/MSFC)

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