USC Student Rocket Club Reaches Space, Claims World Record

A USC student rocket club aims to become the first university space program.

Credit: Vishal Billa, USC Rocket Propulsion Lab
A student rocket club at the University of Southern California (USC) has launched a small rocket to an altitude of 470,000 ft. The Oct. 20 launch of the Aftershock II rocket from Black Rock Desert rocket launch area in Nevada by the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab is the highest a nongovernmental or...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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