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USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record
November 16, 2024
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 16 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news:

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Aftershock II is believed to be the world's first civilian-built rocket to reach an altitude of 470,000 feet.

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By Matilda Bathurst

Aftershock II, the latest rocket designed and built by the student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (USCRPL) at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, has broke . . .

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