Rocket Launch Competition

WATCH: Learn about the journey that brought Aziz Medhioub from North Africa to Nashville and the role he's playing on Vanderbilt's award-winning rocket design team. Read More

The Vanderbilt University rocket, New Ham, successfully flew to within 4 feet of its 4,500-foot altitude target to place first and collect the coveted Altitude Award in the 2023 NASA Student Launch competition. The team also earned a first-place award in the STEM Engagement category. Read More

The Vanderbilt Rocket Team placed second in the Launch Division of the 2021 NASA Student Launch Competition. The Vanderbilt team also won NASA’s Educational Engagement Award for their innovative virtual rocketry workshops for school students. Read More

Vanderbilt's internationally acclaimed student rocket team has propelled many alumni into the science of spaceflight. Read More

The Vanderbilt rocket team collected a key award at the NASA Student Launch Challenge and followed up with a successful flight of their rocket April 8 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Read More

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