New Mexico Space Grant Consortium and their NASA sponsors invite you to the Third Annual Student Launch to be held on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Spaceport America. The Student Launch is open to the public by reservation via coach transportation for $45 per person. Registrants can go online to www.launchnm.com/registration.php to reserve their space and make payment. No private vehicles are allowed at the launch site. Registration for the launch ends on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
Students, teachers, staff, and volunteers have worked on this project since May of 2010. Some of the experiments flying will be included in the final grades of students graduating from universities. In other cases, experiments are being flown for the second time to improve on original designs. In all cases, experiments were competitively selected, went through design & technical reviews, and were certified to fly. Twenty-one middle school student-designed and built experiments are included in this launch, as well as experiments from two universities, four high schools and one community college.
For more information on the Student Launch Program, visit www.launchnm.com or contact Jessica Ebler at (575) 646-6414.
