U. of Mich. students, profs await satellite launch

University of Michigan engineering students and professors are close to making history. If all goes according to plan, the first satellite built completely by students from the Ann Arbor school will be sent into space on Friday night. "I certainly get goose bumps when I think about it," assistant aerospace engineering professor James Cutler told the Detroit Free Press. The 6.5-pound satellite is scheduled to share a ride on a 78-foot-tall rocket with six other satellites carrying 16 experiments for the military, NASA and universities. More

(Source: Chicago Tribune - Nov 19)