Rocketry
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Rocket team’s novel two-part design addresses NASA challenge; launch is April 7
Engineering students in the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory will demonstrate their solution to a common rocket dilemma at the 2018 NASA Student Launch Competition on April 7. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Vanderbilt rocketeers win sixth payload design award at NASA launch competition
The Vanderbilt student rocket team collected two key awards in NASA’s Student Launch Challenge following a near flawless flight April 16 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Read MoreApr 20, 2016
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Vandy’s three-time national rocketry champs are off to a strong start defending their title
A student team hosted by the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Lab is off to a strong start defending its national rocketry title in the 2015-16 NASA University Student Launch Challenge competing against a field of 39 other university teams. Read MoreNov 20, 2015
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Aerospace Club to participate in NASA rocketry challenge
Organizers of the NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) have announced the student teams whose inventive creations will soar skyward in April during the space agency’s 2013 rocketry challenge. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Vandy rocketeers come in third in national competition
For the third year in a row the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club has come in third in the national rocket competition that is part of the NASA University Student Launch Initiative. Read MoreJun 26, 2012
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Engineering, Peabody effort lands NASA STEM outreach award
A combined team from Vanderbilt Engineering’s Aerospace Club and Peabody’s Department of Teaching and Learning won a prestigious outreach award from NASA for inspiring school students in the study of rocketry and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related topics. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Vandy rocketeers strike again
Last Sunday, Vanderbilt’s Aerospace Club participated in a major NASA rocket competition at Huntsville, Alabama and came away with a first place award for their payload design. This is the fourth year that the Vanderbilt group has been invited to the NASA Student Launch Projects rocketry challenge and… Read MoreApr 22, 2011