MSU student helps build, launch sounding rocket into space at NASA workshop

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Murray State University junior Christopher Puckett is studying aerospace engineering, and he recently participated in NASA’s weeklong RockOn Event. According to a press release from the university, students and faculty in the program worked to build sounding rockets that would be launched into space from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Assistant Professor of Engineering Dr. Tyler Stoffel was contacted concerning the program and was aske…

MSU student helps build, launch sounding rocket into space at NASA workshop

In June, NASA held its RockOn workshop at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, where 24 teams of three built a sounding rocket to launch into space — with one team featuring a Murray State University student.