Students from Wise County, VA. are building a team to launch high-powered rockets learning the skills of rocket science, engineering, physics, electronics, project management, and budgets as they prepare to enter the 2012 Team America Rocket Challenge.
Austin Stidham of Appalachia, Va. and Heather Lee of Wise, Va. have attained Junior Level-1 National Association of Rocketry certification. Brittany Barnes of Norton, Va. and Hunter Page of Coeburn, Va. will seek Junior Level-1 certification in August. Together they will spearhead teams for the fall Wise County Public Schools semester reforming competitive rocket teams to break into the top 100 nationally in 2012 while gaining Level-2 certifications.
The students will gleen further insights into rocket science this summer with visits to the NASA Langely Research Center in Hampton, Va., the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the commercial Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Accomack County.
The students will gleen further insights into rocket science this summer with visits to the NASA Langely Research Center in Hampton, Va., the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the commercial Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Accomack County.
The group recently worked with Wise County Middle School students to expand the endeavor reports The Bristol Herald Courier and WCYB-TV 5. The students have the mentoring support of the Virginia-based Valley Aerospace Team.
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