LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A team of Durango High School students have won the national NASA STEM competition known as 'The Techrise Student Challenge.'
This team, chosen from approximately 60 groups nationwide, is set to bring their proposed payload design to life. Their winning experiment is designed to enhance spacecraft landings by using a device equipped with sensors and cameras.
With a $1,500 budget sponsored by NASA, over 20 students will resume work on building their innovative payload design. The creation will undergo testing using a NASA-sponsored, rocket-powered lander. The students have worked on the project since the start of the school year. They said winning the competition is motivating.
“I’m looking forward to all the new experiences we’re going to have and creating this payload,” Team Four Captain Stacy Lopez said.
The students have until the end of the year to complete their experiment, with NASA scheduled to test it this summer.
