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On April 24, 2006, our hard work during Semester II paid off once again! We competed against seven other teams from various universities across Texas, all working on various NASA projects. We performed very well in the competition, winning the following awards:

Congratulations to all teams and we hope you enjoyed the experience as much as we did! We want to especially thank all the judges and other individuals that made the TSGC 2006 Spring Showcase a fantastic event.

On November 18, 2005, our hard work during Semester I paid off! The Design Challenge Showcase held at Johnson Space Center in Houston allowed HPN to compete against other TSGC Design Challenge teams and show off the hard work that we have put into this project. We met many other teams from various universities across Texas and performed very well in the competition, winning the following awards:

We hope to do even better on April 24th, 2006, at our second Design Challenge Showcase!

About TSGC

Much of this information was taken from TSGC's website, http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu.

The Texas Space Grant Consortium is a group of 36 institutions that includes universities, community colleges, industrial organizations, non-profit organizations, and government agencies within Texas that are joined to ensure that space education, research and development are advanced in Texas and that the benefits of space research and technology are available to all Texans. TSGC was founded in 1989 as a part of the National Space Grant College & Fellowship Program in NASA's Office of Education. It is the largest among the 52 national space consortia.

The TSGC Design Challenge offered our team the opportunity to propose, design and fabricate a solution to a topic of importance to NASA and its mission. It is HPN's main source of funding. The project pairs HPN and our two faculty advisors with a research-directed mentor and provides us with an opportunity to engage in scientific research, hands-on design, space-related career opportunities, meeting presentation and educational outreach.