Student Astronaut Challenge

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Hanging in The Rocket Garden with Blue Origins "Rocket Scientists" 🚀 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀🌌🛰 Judging the Design Challenge component of The Student Astronaut Challenge: an aerospace-related secondary (grades 6-12) STEM competition. @blueorigin @StudentAstro

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See you at KSC in February! #studentastronautchallenge2025

Visit studentastronautchallenge.com now to register for the #StudentAstronautChallenge2025 Qualifying Test!

Standby....

Report to the Debus Center Juno Room at 1:45pm for sequestering. Finals will be televised. Finalist flight times were assigned randomly and do not reflect ranking of teams. Estimated times for flight start (subject to change) 1:50pm - Lyman 2:50pm - Maclay 3:50pm - Strong Rock

Also, #mercuryleague and #Apolloleague parents, coaches, and students - we would love your feedback on our survey! tinyurl.com/24SACSurvey

Good morning from the last day of #studentastronautchallenge2024! Coaches, alumni, teams, if you’d like to take a look inside the engineering challenge, stop by between 10am & 12pm. This year’s team members can also sign our banner between 11am and 12pm.

The 1st 4 runs will not be televised, however the last (approx 12pm) will be. Teams should report to the sim 10 minutes before their scheduled time. #ApolloLeague Semi Finalists -9:00am: Chiles -9:45am: Lyman -10:30am: Maclay HS -11:15am: Strong Rock -12:00pm: Taylor County

#ApolloLeague Landing Challenge Finals will be televised from the simulator. The two team members who will fly to represent your team should report to the Juno room for sequestering at 5:15pm. Landing Challenge Finalist Teams Maclay HS St John Paul II Strong Rock HS

Good morning from @ExploreSpaceKSC! It’s the first day of #apolloleague #studentastronautchallenge2024. We’re excited to see all 14 of our teams as you fly, land, solve problems, and talk science with us!

⏰Don't go to bed yet! PACE is launching in T-5 hours and you may have a unique chance to view it! PACE will launch into a polar orbit which means the Falcon 9 will be heading south over Florida instead of the typical east trajectory over the ocean. Keep your eye on the sky! 🚀

Standing by for MECO🚀 Our top 3 flight simulator teams this year are: 🥉Atlantic 🥈Lincoln HS (not pictured) 🥇Strong Rock #studentastronautchallenge2024 #mercuryleague

Gear to deploy ⚙️🛬 Congratulations to our top 3 teams in this year’s Landing Challenge 🥉Lincoln HS (not pictured) 🥈Atlantic HS 🥇Strong Rock MS #studentastronautchallenge2024 #mercuryleague

Endurance this is Galactica - are we go for docking? Engineering Challenge Top 3 🥉Lake Nona HS 🥈The Geneva School 🥇Lincoln HS (not pictured) #studentastronautchallenge2024 #mercuryleague

Our @blueorigin @clubforthefuture Mailbox Design and Patch Design Challenge has us thinking about Mars🚀 🔴 📬 Congratulations to our top 3 teams- 🥉Midtown Classical HS 🥈Atlantic HS 🥇Lake Nona HS #studentastronautchallenge2024 #mercuryleague