On October 20, their homemade rocket, Aftershock II, soared to an altitude of 470,000 feet, smashing the amateur spaceflight altitude and speed records held for over two decades. Intrigued?
Aftershock II reached an altitude of 470,400 feet and a velocity of 3,600 miles per hour. Launched Oct. 20 at 11:16 a.m., it is eight and a half inches in diameter and 13 feet tall. The rocket weighed ...
The rocket named the Aftershock 2 was designed and built by the student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab at the USC Verbi School of Engineering. The group took their creation to *** testing site in ...
A group of students broke the record for the highest altitude reached by an independently designed and built suborbital rocket, flying Aftershock II to 470,000 feet (143,256 meters) above Earth ...