June 11, 2010

Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann marie trotta@nasa gov

Patrick Black
Wallops Flight Facility, Va 757-824-1584 patrick a black@nasa gov

Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Boulder 303-492-3141 koehler@colorado edu RELEASE: 10-140

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS READY TO "ROCK ON" WITH NASA

WASHINGTON -- University students and professors from across the country and Puerto Rico will converge on NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this month to learn how to build small experiments that can be launched on sounding rockets This is part of a week-long workshop, known as RockOn!, that begins June 19

The 80 workshop participants will build standardized experiments that will fly on a NASA Terrier-Orion suborbital sounding rocket set to launch between 6 a m and 9 a m EDT on June 24 The 35-foot-tall rocket is expected to fly to an altitude of 75 miles After launch and payload recovery, the participants will conduct preliminary data analysis and discuss their results

In addition to the 7 workshop-built experiments, 11 custom-built, self-contained experiments also will fly on the rocket inside a payload canister known as RockSat The latter experiments were developed at ten universities that previously had participated in a RockOn! workshop

The workshop is funded by NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program in partnership with the Colorado and Virginia Space Grant Consortia This will be the third year for the workshop

The Space Grant national network includes more than 850 affiliates from universities, colleges, industry, science centers, and state and local agencies The goal is to support and enhance science and engineering education, and research and public outreach efforts for NASA's aeronautics and space projects These affiliates belong to one of 52 consortia in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

For more information on RockOn! and RockSat, visit:

http://spacegrant colorado edu/rockon

For more information about NASA's education programs visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

NASA's Sounding Rocket Program Office is providing the rocket for the workshop For more information about the office, visit:

http://sites wff nasa gov/code810

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