Archive for Rocketry

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Jun14

Rocket Week at NASA Wallops – students/educator build payloads for sounding rockets

by TopSpacer on June 14, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Posted In: Education, Rocketry, Rockets

An announcement from NASA Wallops: Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility WASHINGTON — More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21 during Rocket Week at NASA’s Wallops […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun10

Canadian rocketry event at Rock Lake, Alberta

by TopSpacer on June 10, 2013 at 1:36 am
Posted In: Rocketry

The Lethbridge Rocketry Association will host a big rocketry meet, sanctioned by the CARWeb – The Canadian Association of Rocketry,  at Rock Lake, Alberta this month: Canadian Rockeeters Gathering in Rock Lake from June 28th – 30th – The Commercial Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May20

Vanderbilt team takes top prize in NASA’s Student Launch Challenge

by TopSpacer on May 20, 2013 at 9:58 pm
Posted In: Education, Rocketry

The results of this year’s  Student Launch Projects competition are in: Vanderbilt Takes Top Prize in NASA Student Launch Challenge HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Aerospace Club of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., took first prize in the 2013 annual NASA […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May06

Video: A day at the FAR Mojave test site

by TopSpacer on May 6, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Posted In: Rocketry, Rockets

The Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR) posted the video below showing highlights of activities at their Mojave test site on Saturday May, 4th. These activities included:  the launch of a high power sugar fueled rocket and the first successful static firing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr17

12th Annual NASA Student Launch Initiative competition in Alabama this week

by TopSpacer on April 17, 2013 at 6:15 pm
Posted In: Contests and Games, Education, Rocketry

NASA says that “more than 600 students, representing 56 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 26 states, will” participate in the 12th annual Student Launch Initiative, this Saturday in Toney, Alabama: Local Media Invited to NASA Student Launch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb20

SEDS Rocketry Challenge

by TopSpacer on February 20, 2013 at 6:41 am
Posted In: Contests and Games, Rocketry

SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) is sponsoring a rocket contest: 2013 High Power Rocketry Challenge -SEDS The SEDS Rocketry Challenge returns for 2013. This year teams are challenged with designing, building, and flying a rocket from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb02

Australian ASLI rockets to carry student payloads

by TopSpacer on February 2, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Rocketry

A reader points me to the Australian advanced rocketry group  Academic Space Launch Initiative (ASLI), which was profiled in an Moreton Bay newpaper: Candles and chemicals mixed to launch rockets into space in Academic Space Launch Initiative project – The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan23

NASA/Ahoora sponsor What If? rocketry contest for high schoolers

by TopSpacer on January 23, 2013 at 6:30 am
Posted In: Contests and Games, Education, Rocketry

An announcement from about the What If? Live Student Design Challenge: NASA, Ahoora Foundation Unite to Ignite Students’ Passion for Science, Space, and Technology WASHINGTON — Candy, soda and other everyday items will be the tools of the trade for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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