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>> NASA's Student Launch

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Competition is not

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for the faint of heart.

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Teams not only must

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design a high powered,

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amateur rocket and figure out

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how to accomplish

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the payload challenge,

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fitting that payload

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within their rocket,

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but they must also submit

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multiple design review

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documents that can easily

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total over 1,000 pages,

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and give multiple

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presentations to NASA

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and rocketry experts.

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These milestones ensure that

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the team is making necessary

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progress toward their goal

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and that their work is

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being done in a safe manner.

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Experienced teams

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know the challenge

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and can begin to prepare.

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For our rookie teams,

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the experiences and challenges

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are brand new.

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That's why we recognize

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our new teams in the College

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and University Division

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with the Rookie Award.

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This year's competition

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had eight rookie teams.

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Finishing third is

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the University of

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Texas, Arlington.

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Our second place rookie team

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is the University of

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California, Los Angeles.

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And winning the 2020 Student

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Launch Rookie Award is

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the University of

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Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

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Congratulations.

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The Judge's Choice award

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is selected by a panel of

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NASA judges and given to

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the team that has the best

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combination of documentation,

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payload innovation,

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vehicle design and construction,

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and student engagement.

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All of the teams have put in

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a tremendous amount of work

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this year and although

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the COVID-19 prevented teams

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from travelling to Huntsville,

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every team should be proud of

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finishing the program through

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these unprecedented times.

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Third place is a tie between

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Madison West High School

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from Madison, Wisconsin

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and Nativity Catholic School

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of Burke, Virginia.

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In second place is

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the Harrison Central

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School District from

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Harrison, New York.

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And in first place is

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Notre Dame Academy from

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Los Angeles, California.

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This award also comes

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with a $2,000 award from

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the National Space Club,

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Huntsville.

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This team's presentation

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during the preliminary

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design review,

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and the flight readiness

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review were thorough

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and complete.

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It was clear that this team

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took extra precaution

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and thought through

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intricate designs when it

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came to their payload.

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The payload was geared toward

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measuring cosmic ray detection

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and the device's ability

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to function while withstanding

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high acceleration.

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Congratulations on

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a job well done.

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>> I'm Steve Miley,

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the Associate Director

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of NASA's Marshall

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Space Flight Center,

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here to announce the final

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category of the NASA

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Student Launch Competition.

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One of the agencies'

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Artemis Student Challenges.

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Student Launch competitors

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go through an intense,

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eight-month program that

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begins in August when

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we release the rules, and ends

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in April at Launch Day

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in Huntsville, Alabama.

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While we were unfortunately

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unable to host our students

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for the grand finale events

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due to COVID-19,

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we are excited that

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we are able to recognize

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the many accomplishments

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they achieved during

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late nights in the lab,

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long weekends

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on the launch field,

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and early morning presentations

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to rocketry experts.

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The program challenges

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young people to experience

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the life cycle of engineering

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and hardware development.

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And only the top teams

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are selected to compete.

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It is my honor to announce

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the top three overall winners

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for the College and University

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Division of this year's NASA

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Student Launch Competition.

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Finishing in third place is

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a team whose school has a rich

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heritage with Marshall

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Space Flight Center.

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Congratulations the University

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of Alabama in Huntsville.

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Finishing in second place is

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a group of students who are

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no strangers to the top echelon

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of NASA's Student Launch.

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Congratulations to the 49ers

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of the University of

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North Carolina, Charlotte.

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The overall winner of this

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year's competition has made

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a habit of being at the top

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of the competition.

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For the seventh time

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in the past eight years,

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the Vanderbilt Aerospace

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Design Lab from Vanderbilt

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University in Nashville,

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Tennessee is the winner

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of NASA's Student Launch.

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En route to victory,

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Vanderbilt also claimed awards

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in multiple other categories.

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Applying both

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computer software and

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the fundamentals of rocketry,

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The students consistently

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thought outside of the box

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and innovated the various

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systems of their rocket

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and payload.

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They truly have

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the right stuff.

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Congratulations,

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Vanderbilt University.

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And congratulations

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to all of our NASA

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Student Launch participants.

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You did a tremendous job.

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You are the Artemis generation.

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And we at NASA,

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along with all of our