EL PASO, Texas — The University of Texas at El Paso’s Sun City Summit Rocket Team has won the Lone Star Cup for the second year in a row.
According to UTEP, this year’s win was especially notable because the team was represented by a five-member cohort made up entirely of women.
The competition was held March 28 at the Tripoli North Texas Launch Site, about 160 miles east of Lubbock. The Lone Star Cup challenges collegiate rocket teams from across Texas to demonstrate precision engineering and execution under real-world conditions…