New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering students designed and built the Mustang 6B rocket, in collaboration with White Sands Research and Developers LLC (WSRDs). The rocket successfully blasted off from the Spaceport America launching facility in New Mexico on April 15. Reaching a maximum velocity of 1,372 feet per second (418 meters per second), the rocket traveled at 1.27 times the speed of sound.

 

Read the rest of the story at Space.com: Watch a Student-Built Rocket Go Supersonic!