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Hundreds of 4th through 6th grade students

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from the California high desert communities of

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Mojave and California City

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recently participated in the seventh

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annual Intermediate Space Challenge

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rocket contest at the Mojave Air and Space Port.

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Four...Three...Two...One

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[small rocket taking off...cheers and screams]

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The Challenge introduced

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science, technology, engineering and math

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through the hands-on experience of

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building and launching a rocket.

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Twenty-one classroom teams from Mojave and

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Hacienda Elementary Schools

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built their own rockets, wrote essays

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and cheered in youthful exuberance

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as their rockets soared hundreds of feet into the air.

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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Education Office

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supplied ten of the rockets and gift bags for the winners.

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Since 2005 about a thousand students

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have participated in the annual events,

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competing against their individual grades

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for the grand prize,

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a traveling trophy that's awarded to