"South Texas students have a new chance to taste the race for space" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

BROWNSVILLE — Every few months, thousands of people gather on nearby shores to watch rockets lift off from Boca Chica Beach. The eyes of residents — young and old — gaze up as SpaceX tests its vehicles to one day take humans to Mars.

Now, high school students here are being offered the opportunity to design, build and launch a rocket of their own.

The South Texas Astronomical Society, known as STARSociety for short, is accepting applications for Project Vortex, an initiative that will give high school students first-hand exper

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