Nevada
Student-made rocket smashes 20-year-old world record, soaring 470,400 feet above Earth
Launched on October 20 from Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the 13-foot, 330-pound rocket reached a peak altitude of 470,400 feet. That's nearly 90 miles up, shattering the...
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What just happened? A team of engineering students from the University of Southern California just took amateur rocketry to new heights – literally. The ... [2472 chars]