MSU 2nd in launch challenge

For the second year in a row, Vanderbilt University’s Aerospace Club, from Nashville, earned the $5K top prize in NASA's Student Launch challenge held May 17 at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. The educational project teams students to design, build and test-fly science payloads in reusable rockets to a certain altitude and return it to Earth safely. (Source: Space Ref, 95/29/14) Golden Triangle note: Mississippi State University in Starkville placed second. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., organized the event along with assistance from sponsor ATK Aerospace.