LAUNCH
- Directed by
- Manny Marquez and Casey Suchan
- Produced by
- Denise Roberts McKee and Christine Bolz
- Edited by
- Matt Prekop
- Executive Production
- Jeremy Coon and Barry Poltermann
Each year, students gather from all over North America to compete in the First Nations Launch, a rocket competition in rural Wisconsin developed by NASA and the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and supported by organizations including Blue Origin, Sierra Space, GE Aerospace and US Space Force. The Mission: Nurture underserved Native American talent in the aerospace industry.
LAUNCH spotlights the 2025 competition, following students in the months leading up to and at the challenge as they build their teams, troubleshoot their designs and overcome obstacles. It’s a feel-good, quirky and inspiring story about young people pushing themselves outside of their comfort zones to pull off innovative, complicated engineering challenges, sometimes against all odds.
To see a complete treatment of the project: SC LAUNCH Pitch Deck
For further information, contact: denise@september.club