I’ve posted a few times about Joe Barnard‘s scale model rocket projects that seek to emulate realistically the takeoff and landing characteristics of SpaceX rockets. Here is a report on the first flight of the Falcon Heavy model: Find more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I’ve posted a couple of times about Joe Barnard‘s development of model rockets that can land vertically like a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage. (See posts here and here.) This article is about Barnard and his rockets: Meet the Amateur Rocketeer Building […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently posted about Joe Barnard adding thrust vector control and other advanced features to model rockets. The goal is to model not just the appearance of large rockets but how they take off and fly as well. This weekend, he […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from Spaceport America: Second Annual Spaceport America Cup Scheduled for June 19-23 at Spaceport America, NM 130 Teams of College and University Rocketeers from Around the Globe to Compete SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. (PRWEB) JUNE 13, 2018: Student rocketeers from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A message from Jack Colpas co-director of the RFTS Competition: Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition Through a NASA grant the Florida Space Grant Consortium sponsored 100 kids in the Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition. Building and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Joe Barnard founded the company BPS.space to push scale model rocketry to new levels of sophistication: Barnard Propulsion Systems develops model rocketry components, aimed at closely matching the pace of advancement in the space-launch industry. Learning by experimentation is the most effective […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR) and the Mars Society are sponsoring a contest for liquid-fueled bi-propellant powered rockets built by college student teams: FAR/Mars Society Launch Contest Student Rocketry Teams Compete for FAR-MARS Prize MOJAVE, CA – Student-built rockets will streak […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Reach for the Stars” rocket competition winners to celebrate at Space Camp/US Space & Rocket Center
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A report from the Reach for the Stars National Rocket Competition on the 2017 results: Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition Winners to Celebrate at Space Camp / US Space & Rocket Center Contestants in the 11th annual […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) and Spaceport America (near Las Cruces, New Mexico ) are sponsoring the Spaceport America Cup university student rocket competition, which will take place at the spaceport over June 20-24, 2017: The Spaceport America Cup is designed around IREC […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a report on the NASA Student Launch competition, which includes middle school through college level teams, which took place last week. (I included videos posted by some of the teams.) NASA Announces Preliminary Award Winners for 2017 Student Launch After […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest issue of the RocketSTEM magazine is now available: Issue #14 • March 2017 – RocketSTEM – We’re launching another issue of RocketSTEM to celebrate the start of our organization’s fifth year. While half a decade has been quite a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A German student rocketry group launched a sounding rocket powered by a hybrid motor (solid fuel, liquid oxidizer) to over 32 kilometers last November: HyEnD – Hybrid Engine Development (Link via Commercial Space Blog) – On Tuesday 8th November 2016, 10:30 LT, -18°C: our Hybrid […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is some video of rockets flying at the NASA Student Launch competition, which took place last week: On April 16, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center hosted the 16th annual Student Launch competition in Huntsville, Alabama. During the event student-designed and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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An announcement from the Reach for the Stars organization: NAR, AIAA, Estes and Homer Hickam Honor Reach for the Stars – National Rocket Competition Winners at Space Camp Three winners of the Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition: Kalli Riemer, Emily […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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An announcement from the Reach for the Stars program: Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition Winners to Celebrate at Space Camp In response to the nations call for more interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) activities – over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A couple of university rocket items: ** Aerospace Engineering Department Research – Sounding Rocket Systems – Rajesh Muneshwar, head of Aerospace Engineering Department at the International School of Professional Studies in India tells me his student group has built and test fired their first hybrid rocket motor. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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An announcement from the Aerospace Industries Association about the annual Team America Rocketry Challenge: Thousands of students participate in world’s largest rocketry competition The Team America Rocketry Challenge launches into qualifying rounds for the 2015 contest Arlington, Va. – Nearly 4,000 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Justin Gomersall dropped me a note about SARA – South African Rocketry Association. He says that they have been around since the early 90’s and have been experimenting in amateur rocketry ever since. In 2013 we built, launched, tracked and recovered […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A reader sends a link to this video of an impressive circular fireworks rocket in Thailand:
I’ve posted a couple of times (see here and here) about the Register newspaper’s LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator) somewhat tongue-in-cheek project, which aims to launch a small rocket powered plane (named Vulture 2) from a high altitude balloon. The launch will start […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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