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Fisk Altitude Achievement Missile Team

Fisk Univeristy Soars to New Heights In the past two years, a little known rocket program has emerged at Fisk University. The program, known as the Fisk Altitude Achievement Missile Team (FAAMT), was created to compete in the NASA sponsored University Student Launch Initiative (USLI), but has grown into much more. The mandate of the annual competition is to design, build, and launch a rocket to take a scientific payload to an altitude of exactly one mile. Schools are also expected to engage in outreach as part of their program. Shortly after engaging in this aspect of the competition, a realization was quickly made: there had long been a need for FAAMT's involvement in Nashville's Metro public schools. Soon, the outreach program took on a life of its own.HighlightsFirst established rocket program at an HBCUFAAMT member Leah Randle became the first African American female to receive Level I and Level II rocket certification from the National Association of Rocketry (NAR)Fisk placed 4th out of 8 schools in first year of competition, beating Alabama A&M, Auburn University, and Mississippi State University (Fisk has neither an engineering nor an aerospace program, as do the other competing schools)HighlightsFAAMT outreach has impacted over 3,000 students through outreach in the past three yearsPipeline for African American STEM field teachersUltimate goal - to be the first HBCU to launch an object into outer spaceFAAMT's 2009 competition rocket, the OBAMA I, is 2.5 stories tall, weighs 65 lbs, has eight on-board scientific experiments, and flew to a maximum altitude of 15,000 ftFAAMT became a pipeline for students to enter internships with, and possible employment at, NASA and NASA contractorsPage 5Facts About the TeamFisk Univeristy Soars to New HeightsHighlightsHighlightsPage 5Facts About the TeamFisk Univeristy Soars to New HeightsHighlightsHighlightsPage 5Fisk Univeristy Soars to New HeightsHighlights, pt. 1Highlights, pt. 2HomeTeam-MembersUSLI-OfficersMediaContactOutreachTutorialsPath-to-College