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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


NUSTARS Rocket Team launched a total of five test flights in preparation for next week’s NASA Student Launch Competition in Alabama.

NUSTARS ready to soar in NASA Student Launch Competition

April 2, 2024

Standing 100 feet from his first rocket launch as a part of Northwestern University Space Technology and Rocketry Society’s Rocket Team in February, McCormick freshman Eliott Lacomme Ruiz said he “could...

An NUSTARS team is one of three finalists chosen to launch its rocket from NASA’s Houston Space Center next month. The team’s rocket was judged on creativity, design and execution, a Bayer news release said.

Northwestern team seeks Guinness World Record, to launch Alka-Seltzer rocket from NASA center

October 23, 2017

Northwestern University Space Technology and Rocketry Society is now one step closer to setting a Guinness World Record. The group will travel to NASA’s Houston Space Center next month for the Bayer-Big...

Josh Werblin, Manan Shah, Cindy Chen and Noah Sims are part of a new NUSTARS team that will compete for a chance to set a world record. The team had to design a new type of rocket that will use only Alka-Seltzer and water as fuel.

Northwestern rocket team to compete for chance to set Guinness World Record

September 21, 2017

Though the deadline for a chance to set a Guinness World Record is fast approaching, the Northwestern University Space Technology and Rocketry Society is still putting final touches on its rocket. Nevertheless,...

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