Winners Announced from the 2018 Community College High Altitude Ballooning Team Challenge and Competition
It was a cloudy day but that didn’t stop our six community college teams from launching at the 4th Annual Community College Team Challenge and Competition Launch Event sponsored by NC Space Grant through the generosity of NASA.
The launch event took place at the Tarlton Complex at Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) in Hickory, NC. This is the 3rd year that CVCC has hosted the event. Many thanks to Jim Thomas, Susan Harris and others at CVCC who made this day a great event.
Judges Jimmy and Dan 
The CVCC team captured this image of the Tarlton Complex from their high altitude balloon.
Congrats to all six teams on great projects and a great day. Here are this year’s winners:
Best Overall Team: Durham Technical Community College
Best in Documentation: Wake Tech Community College
Best Payload: Catawba Valley Community College
Best Teamwork: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Highest Altitude: Pitt Community College 93,522 feet
Best Photo or Video: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Watch the award winning video from RCCC below:
We’d also like to thank Chris McClanahan from Wilkes Community College for designing our amazing launch day logo this year!
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