Spaceport America announced that the first annual Education Launch was successful in spite of not reaching the maximum altitude. The student-designed scientific experiments were carried aloft on a UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL rocket. Students from New Mexico State University, Dona Ana Community College and area high schools designed and built the experiments. The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium pitched in $85,000 to pay for the students’ payload space, while the New Mexico Spaceport Authority paid for the launch services component.
An on-line video of the launch is available on the Spaceport America website and related news stories are available in the Las Cruces Sun-News Spaceport News on-line edition.
