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Lobo Launch

UNM mechanical engineering students will launch the 47', student-built rocket on May 27.

Students building rocket midsections

Students building rocket midsections

The rocket is being built using a semi-monocoque design, common among many different types of aircrafts. A semi-monocoque structure has an internal "skeleton" that provides structure and support to the rocket.

Structure check-in

Structure check-in

Students from the Lobo Launch-Structures team giving Prof. Fernando Aguilar an update on the midsection build.

UNM students ‘teaching rockets to fly’

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By Aaron Hilf May 15, 2017

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