原住民发射竞赛获奖者观看Crew-7发射

In this image from Aug. 26, 2023, participants from the 14th First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 launch at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Students and advisors from University of Washington, University of Colorado-Boulder, and an international team from Queens University – the 2023 First Nations Launch grand prize teams – traveled to Kennedy for a VIP tour, culminating in viewing the Crew-7 launch.

Grand prize teams also went on a guided tour of historic Hangar AE, led by James Wood (Osage Nation and Loyal Shawnee), chief engineer of NASA’s Launch Services Program, technical advisor for the Crew-7 launch, and First Nations mentor and judge.

One of NASA’s Artemis Student Challenges, the First Nations Launch competition comprises students from tribal colleges and universities, Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions, and collegiate chapters of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society who design, build, and launch a high-powered rocket from a launch site in Kansasville, Wisconsin.

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Image credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky & Virgil Cameron

在这张2023年8月26日拍摄的图片中，第14届原住民高功率火箭发射竞赛的参赛者正在佛罗里达州NASA肯尼迪航天中心观看NASA与SpaceX合作的Crew-7发射。来自华盛顿大学、科罗拉多大学博尔德分校以及来自皇后大学的国际团队（2023年原住民发射竞赛的大奖获胜团队）的学生和指导教师，前往肯尼迪航天中心进行VIP参观，并最终观看了Crew-7的发射。

大奖获胜团队还在NASA发射服务计划的首席工程师、Crew-7发射的技术顾问以及原住民导师和评委詹姆斯·伍德（奥塞奇族和肖尼部落成员）的带领下参观了历史悠久的AE机库。

作为NASA阿尔忒弥斯学生挑战项目之一，原住民发射竞赛包括来自部落学院和大学、服务于原住民的非部落机构以及美国印第安科学与工程学会（AISES）大学分会的学生，他们设计、建造并从威斯康星州堪萨斯维尔的发射场发射一枚高功率火箭。

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图片来源: NASA/Ben Smegelsky & Virgil Cameron