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TJSat

Host: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	Location: Virginia, TUSA
URL: http://tj3sat.wikidot.com/	Timeline: Projected launch in 2009.
Contact: Adam Kemp, tj3sat@tjhsst.edu
Description: CubeSat project

Astrobiology Summer Program

Host: Pennsylvania State University	Location: USA
URL: http://evo.bio.psu.edu/asp	Timeline:
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21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition

Host: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Location: USA
URL: http://www.explorationpodcast.com/	Timeline:
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Undergraduate Team Space Transportation Design Competition

Host: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	Location: USA
URL: http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=301	Timeline:
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Undergraduate Team Space Design Competition

Host: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	Location: USA
URL: http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=221	Timeline:
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Auburn High-Altitude Balloon

Host: Auburn University	Location: Auburn University, USA
URL: http://space.auburn.edu/ahab/index.html	Timeline:
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Description: Balloon system and payload to travel through near space conditions

AubieSat-1

Host: Auburn University	Location: Auburn University, USA
URL: http://space.auburn.edu/as1/index.html	Timeline:
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Description: Picosatellite to test new ultraviolet sensor

CanSat Competition

Host: American Astronautical Society (AAS) and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA
URL: http://www.cansatcompetition.com/	Timeline:
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PongSat

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URL: http://www.jpaerospace.com/pongsat	Timeline:
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Description: Student experiments flown to the edge of space by balloons and launched in rockets

University Rover Challenge

Host: Mars Society	Location: Utah, USA
URL: http://www.universityroverchallenge.org/	Timeline:
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NASA Means Business

Host: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Location:
URL: http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/nmb	Timeline:
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Space Settlement Contest

Host: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Location:
URL: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/Contest/	Timeline:
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University Art Contest: Back to the Moon

Host: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Location:
URL: http://artcontest.larc.nasa.gov/	Timeline: Submissions are due by 1 December 2007.
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Team America Rocketry Challenge

Host: Aerospace Industries Association	Location:
URL: http://www.rocketcontest.org/	Timeline:
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Student Launch Initiative

Host: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Location: USA
URL: http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/sli	Timeline: Teams can qualify to participate in SLI after placing in the top 25 of the Team America Rocketry Challenge.
Contact: SLI Project Coordinator: Julie Clift, NASA/Academic Affairs Office, Mail Code HS30, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 Phone: 256-961-1334, FAX: 256-961-1521, Email: julie.d.clift@nasa.gov SLI/USLI Project Lead: Dawn Mercer, NASA/Academic Affairs Office, Mail Code HS30, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 Phone: 256-961-0315, FAX: 256-961-1521, Email: dawn.d.mercer@nasa.gov
Description: The NASA Student Launch Initiative (SLI) involves middle and high school students in designing, building, and testing reusable rockets with associated scientific payloads. This unique hands-on experience allows students to demonstrate proof-of-concept for their designs and gives previously abstract concepts tangibility.