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An Omaha student experiment and two mission patch designs will blast off to the International Space Station this summer as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.
Communities across the U.S. can participate in the program. Metropolitan Community College hosted the competitions for the Omaha area. For the experiment portion, college and dual-credit students could apply. Kendra Sibbernsen, a physics and astronomy professor at Metro, said students had to fit their design into certain specifications, which made it challenging…