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Astronauts to play game created by Tyngsborough middle schoolers

By Alli Knothe

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 11, 2012

What can you do with five items in a space station to show the difference between Earth’s gravity and the station’s microgravity? Make a game, of course. A team of students at Tyngsborough Middle School won third place in NASA’s Spaced Out Sports challenge for their “Learning Takes You Around the World” game. In the game, astronauts will propel themselves through rings while collecting slips of paper.

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