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Maryland High School Grad Wins First Place In NASA Competition Maryland High School Grad Wins First Place In NASA Competition
Maryland High School Grad Wins First Place In NASA Competition Reach for the stars! A recent Maryland high school graduate has won first place in the student poster competition at the NASA Exploration Science Forum, according to officials. Dominic Alfinito, a 2022 graduate of North County High School in Glen Burnie, presented his asteroid research paper at the conference in Houston, Texas that took place between July 19 and July 21, says the Universities Space Research Association. Alfinito's paper, "Possible Causes of Hydration of Vesta's Oppia Crater" was the highest scoring research project of the 2021-2022 Exploration of the Moon and Asteroids by …