{"id":1708,"date":"2013-04-17T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2013-04-17T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:15:15","slug":"12th-annual-nasa-student-launch-initiative-competition-in-alabama-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1708","title":{"rendered":"12th Annual NASA Student Launch Initiative competition in Alabama this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA says that &#8220;more than 600 students, representing 56 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 26 states, will&#8221; participate in the 12th annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/education\/programs\/descriptions\/Student_Launch_Projects.html\" target=\"_d\">Student Launch Initiative<\/a>, this Saturday in Toney, Alabama:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/marshall\/news\/news\/releases\/2013\/M13-040.html\" target=\"_d\">Local Media Invited to NASA Student Launch Projects Events April 19-20 &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2013\/04\/rockets_to_take_flight_over_no.html\" target=\"_d\">Rockets to take flight over North Alabama on Saturday in NASA&#8217;s annual student competition &#8211; al.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a list of the teams: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/education\/programs\/descriptions\/Student_Launch_Projects.html\" target=\"_d\">NASA Student Launch Projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event will be webcast at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/channel\/nasa-msfc\" target=\"_d\">NASA MSFC on USTREAM: Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA says that &#8220;more than 600 students, representing 56 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 26 states, will&#8221; participate in the 12th annual Student Launch Initiative, this Saturday in Toney, Alabama: Local Media Invited to NASA Student Launch Projects Events April 19-20 &#8211; NASA Rockets to take flight over North Alabama on Saturday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1708\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">12th Annual NASA Student Launch Initiative competition in Alabama this week<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,22,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-education","category-rocketry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-ry","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12516,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12516","url_meta":{"origin":1708,"position":0},"title":"Video: &#8216;Rockets Up, Up and Away!&#8217; &#8211; NASA student launch competition","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is some video of rockets flying at the\u00a0NASA Student Launch competition, which took place last week: On April 16, NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center hosted the 16th annual Student Launch competition in Huntsville, Alabama. 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