A student demonstrates his aircraft at the China Graduate Future Flight Vehicle Innovation Competition. The event takes place at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics on Aug 18-20. [Photo/nuaa.edu.cn] 

The finals of the 2017 China Graduate Future Flight Vehicle Innovation Competition got underway at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) on Aug 18.

More than 100 graduate teams from across China set their sights on the idea of “innovation changes the future”, trying their utmost to show innovative and practical abilities in space science and technology at the three-day event.

NUAA students proved their advantages in flight vehicle innovation by winning three of the 11 first prizes, four of the 25 second prizes, and nine of the 64 excellence awards.