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Student-Built Rocket Shatters Altitude Record

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Aftershock II broke the record for the highest altitude reached by an independently designed and built suborbital rocket.

The University of Southern California’s student-run Rocket Propulsion Lab (USCRPL) designed the rocket and launched it from the Black Rock Desert launch site in Nevada on October 20 .

The previous record-holder, the Civilian Space Exploration Team , reached an altitude of 380,000 feet .

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