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>> Hello, I'm Johnny Stephenson,

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I'm Director of the Office

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of Strategic Analysis

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and Communications at NASA's

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Marshall Space Flight Center.

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I'm privileged this year

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to announce the social media

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award winners for our

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Student Launch Competition.

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Social Media plays

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a significant role

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in NASA and our spaceflight

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partner's ability

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to tell a story of Artemis,

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and to tell a story of our

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journey of exploration

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and discovery

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throughout the universe.

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This year, you've been

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a part of that as well.

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You've been encouraged to

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the Student Launch Competition,

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to be able to use your own

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variety of platforms to inspire,

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educate, and literally

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to tell your own unique story

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of what you've gone through

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this year in

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the launch competition.

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Those of you that have told it

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the best have literally

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been able to bring folks,

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followers along with you

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as you took the journey

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so they felt like they were--

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they were there with you.

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This year, you were graded

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in three categories.

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Three things is

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what we looked at,

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and number one, we looked at

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how creative you were,

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number two, we looked at

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how consistent you were

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in posting,

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and number three,

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we looked at the actual content.

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And in doing so,

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we'd like to announce

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the winners today,

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so let me do that now.

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I'll start with the high school

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and middle school categories.

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In third place goes

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to Minster Journeymen from

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Minster, Ohio, congratulations.

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In second place,

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goes to Oakton High School

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in Vienna, Virginia.

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Again, congratulations.

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And then first place

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is Madison West High School

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of Madison, Wisconsin.

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In the College Division,

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third place goes

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to the Rocket Owls

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from Citrus College

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in Glendora, California.

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Second place goes to

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the North Carolina State

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Wolf Pack.

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Coming in first place

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is those Purdue Boilermakers.

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West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Congratulations to

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all of your teams.

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Purdue, you went further

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than anyone else.

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You literally took teams along

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with you on the journey.

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You actually carried them out

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to the launch site, you, uh,

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carried them along in your way,

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you brought them

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to STEM events.

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Uh, the next thing

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I'm looking for is

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putting them in the rocket

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so they can actually

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see the launch as well.

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You did-- you did all of it

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really, really well,

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so congratulations.

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I'd also make a special mention

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to Wichita State University

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as well.

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Um, during this year of COVID,

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unprecedented year, uh,

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it's been hard for teams

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to get together.

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What, uh, Wichita State did

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was they put together

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a launch hour where teams

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got together and they

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shared their own stories.

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And so that is creative

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in and of itself.

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So we appreciate your

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participation, we really

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appreciate what you do,

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we appreciate your love

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for space, your love for NASA.

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You set the bar high,

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and high is where NASA

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wants to go, thank you.

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>> Hi!

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I'm Tracie Prater,

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an engineer at NASA's

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Marshall Space Flight Center.

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And I'm here to present

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this years Student Launch

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Competition Altitude Award.

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Whether launching model rockets

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or big rockets like

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NASA's Space Launch System,

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everyone always

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asks the question,

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how high does it go?

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In past years,

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we've challenged teams

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to send their rockets

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to an altitude of one mile,

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5,290 feet.

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In 2019, we changed the rules

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a little, challenging teams

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to go a step further.

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Teams must now predict

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the altitude of their

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rocket using modeling

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and simulation software.

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They submit their predicted

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altitude as part of

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their preliminary design

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review package long before

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they've built their

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competition rockets.

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The team in each division

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that comes closest to matching

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their prediction wins

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the coveted Altitude Award.

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Since we couldn't have our

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in-person launch day events

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due to COVID-19,

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we use the teams' altitudes

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from their test launches

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that they submitted

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as part of their flight

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readiness review packages.

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And now the winners

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of each division.

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Micah, come on!

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[ music ]

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In the Middle School,

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High School Division,

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third place goes to

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Creekview High School

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from Canton, Georgia.

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Second place goes to

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Nativity Catholic School

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of Burke, Virginia.

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In space flight,

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one foot can make

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a big difference.

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In this competition,

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it was the difference between

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first and second place.

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In first place,

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Sierra Vista Middle School

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of Irvine, California.

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Congratulations!

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The College Division

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was also a close battle.

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Finishing in third place,

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Northwestern University

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of Evanston, Illinois.

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University of Tennessee

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in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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University of Florida

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in Gainesville, Florida.

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University of Florida

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missed their target altitude

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by only 50 feet!