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Andrew Rhodes, Evie Harper, Sam Blair and Isabella Hart stand for posed photo in front of NASA globe sculpture

WVU engineering students lead the launch at this summer's satellite mission program

Launching a satellite into space takes a lot of planning. From development to operations to Federal Communications Commission regulations, successful missions go through extensive design and test phases before anything leaves the ground. Mechanical and aerospace engineering students Isabella Hart, Sam Blair and Evie Harper got hands-on experience this summer through the University Nanosatellite Program in New Mexico, a collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA.