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Spacecraft Structure Design Challenge Photo Gallery
 

Students Taking The Spacecraft Structure Challenge
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Dr. Andrew Sustich assists with NASA Earth-to-Orbit Engineering Design Challenge Students drops of the sandbag, which represents the force launching the rocket.
Student launches thrust structure
Students create a storyboard poster documenting the progession of their thrust structure designs.
Group presents their storyboards
Students working together in groups Students sketch the design and begin to build structure
Students record steps of the planning, building and testing of the structure
Students test each design, collecting data from one in order to improve the next.
Groups award its members daily participation grades.
Student verifies that the thrust structure is level and strong
Two studens test the newly designed and built thrust structure.
Student tries to catch the rocket