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“As a rookie team, we do not know how far we can go this year,” Liu told Innovate Long Island. “But with a motto – Assertiveness, Resilience and Collaboration – we can go well farther than we [could] imagine at the start of the year.”

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Stony Brook's head of school, Joshua Crane, said Thursday the result was “a remarkable accomplishment in its own right, but made even more remarkable by the fact that this was the first year of the program. ... The sky may not be the limit for this program.”

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"The rookie team’s stellar finish earned the students $1,500, as well as another $500 for their school. For finishing in the top 25, the team also secured an invitation to participate in NASA’s Student Launch initiative, a nine-month long challenge culminating each year with a final launch in Huntsville, Ala., home of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center."

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“Three, two, one…” He presses the launch button. Nothing happens. The team members look unfazed, even bored; they’re used to this. They circle around and tinker with some of the machinery. “Three, two, one…” Nothing again. “Okay, if nothing happens again, we will go back to the lab,” announces Dr. Liu. One final adjustment, one final countdown. “Three, two, one…” Whoosh! The rocket is off!

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