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Bulgarian students win first places at Space Settlement Contest organized by NASA and National Space Society

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Two teams of Bulgarian students won first places at the prestigious Space Settlement Contest organized by NASA and the National Space Society (NSS). A total of 2,691 teams and 12,899 students from over 30 countries took part at this year’s Space Settlement Contest. Katerina Samatovna placed 1st with her GENESIS-369 project in the individual category. A team of 9 Bulgarian students were ranked first with their project The City of Space Accelerator in the Large Group category. The students from both teams study at the High-School of Mathematics in the coastal city of Varna.




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