Congratulations are in order for Esperanza High School’s AFJROTC team as they have qualified for the Semifinal Round of the StellarXplorers VIII Challenge. The team’s score placed them in the top 30% of all teams registered ‘worldwide’ for this year’s challenge. The EHS AFJROTC team was led by Bailey Speakman as well as Shivali Sharma and Savanna-Lynn Keyes. The team spent numerous hours studying, taking tests, and solving scenario problems related to space launch and satellite design.
The StellarXplorers Space STEM Program, created by the Air Force Association (AFA), inspires K-12 students toward careers in aerospace, aviation, and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation’s future. The StellarXplorers National Space Design Competition provides specific training in the use of system simulation software, Systems Tool Kit (STK), as well as an online textbook as a curriculum supplement and study resource for online “team” quizzes given during the competition. The actual competition is accomplished from the team’s home location. Teams are given a scenario describing the system’s mission and constraints and they provide a solution to a typical space design problem, such as orbit determination, satellite component selection, and launch vehicle planning. Practice rounds began in October, and qualification rounds took place in November. Performances of teams during the qualifying rounds determine which teams advanced to the semi-finals in February. The top 10 teams from the semi-finals receive an all-expense-paid trip to the national finals.
The final competition is scheduled to take place in person at the Space Center in Houston, TX.
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