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Aerospace engineering students design mission Athena, win first place

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2010-08-30

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Virginia Tech. University Relations

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A Virginia Tech design of a reliable and cost effective system to send a minimum of two astronauts to a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) and return them safely to earth has won the team first place in the 2010 American Institute of Aerospace and Aeronautics (AIAA) Team Space Transportation Design Competition.

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College of Engineering

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