46.004 GO Terrier Improved Malemute was launched from Wallops Island, VA on September 21, 2012. The mission provided student experimenters from several schools the opportunity to fly a payload, of their design, exposed to the space environment. The design of a payload and vehicle with pre-defined mechanical, power, instrumentation and flight performance capabilities were developed to provide exposure to the space environment for these university student experimenters. Secondarily, this mission will demonstrate the development and operation of a newly designed flotation aide for technology development under the Sounding Rockets Program Office Mr. Giovanni Rosanova/NASA Wallops Flight Facility is the Principal Investigator.

For more information about the RockSat-X student flight opportunity, please visit:

http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=387&Itemid=164

For information about the RockOn! and RockSat-C student flight opportunities, please visit:

http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/rockon/