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mahatmakanejeeves

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3. Wise, Virginia, students' "ThinSats" launched into space on the Antares rocket.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 02:32 PM

Apr 2019

Last year I met some really talented students from Wise, VA who showed me the tiny remote sensing satellites they built in science class. Today their “ThinSats” were launched into space on the Antares rocket. Congratulations to these students and the whole @NASA_Wallops team!

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UVa's first spacecraft is en route to the International Space Station mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #1

Satellite built by Virginia Tech undergraduates ready for launch into space mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #2

Wise, Virginia, students' "ThinSats" launched into space on the Antares rocket. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #3