SPS Chapters on Building Community

FEB 01, 2023

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Oklahoma State University SPS members took a three-day road trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Here, they take in the first stage of the Saturn V rocket.

Augustana University SPS members on a giant Newton’s cradle float the chapter built for the school’s homecoming parade.

The Georgia Institute of Technology SPS chapter visits the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Despite rainy conditions, about 70 physics students enjoyed the annual fall bonfire hosted by the University of California, San Diego’s SPS chapter.

All photos courtesy of the corresponding chapter’s 2021–22 chapter report.

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