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For release: 11/05/02
Release #: 02-280
Rocket test flights to kick off new season in NASA's student launch education program Thursday
Marking the kickoff of the 2002-2003 Student Launch Initiative season, four Huntsville area high schools will test preliminary designs for rockets they are building under the guidance of engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Each team will launch a rocket as a first step toward the goal of ultimately flying to an altitude of one mile.
Photo: Huntsville's Randolph School prepares for launch during last year's Student Launch Initiative season. (NASA/MSFC)
What: Marking the kickoff of the 2002-2003 Student Launch Initiative season, four Huntsville area high schools will test preliminary designs for rockets they are building under the guidance of engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Each team will launch a rocket as a first step toward the goal of ultimately flying to an altitude of one mile.
The Student Launch Initiative, sponsored by the Marshall Center, is a hands-on learning program for high school and college students within a 50-mile radius of Huntsville. Student teams, mentored by NASA engineers and scientists, design, build and test reusable rockets with science payloads, such as tests of the effects of low gravity on a chicken egg after it hatches.
For more information, please visit the Student Launch Initiative Web site at:
http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/docs/127.htm
Who: Teams from the four area high schools — Johnson and New Century Technology from the Huntsville City system, Sparkman from the Madison County system, and Bob Jones from the Madison City system — will be participating in the event. Marshall Center Director Art Stephenson is scheduled to take part in the kickoff.
When: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002,12:30 p.m. CST
Where: Huntsville-Madison County Botanical Gardens, Huntsville, Ala.
To attend: News media interested in covering the event should contact the Marshall Media Relations Department at (256) 544-0034.
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