Newslink: USC Students' Rocket Reaches Space in Record-Setting Launch

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A group of undergraduates launched what is likely the first-ever student designed and student-built rocket past the boundary of space, the University of Southern California (USC) announced today (May 22). Their achievement, if confirmed, completes a decade-long informal competition among engineering schools worldwide to create the first university rocket to achieve spaceflight, officials from USC's Rocket Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement.

https://www.space.com/usc-student-rocket-launch-sets-space-record.html

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