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…
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“Reach for the Stars” rocket competition winners to celebrate at Space Camp/US Space & Rocket Center
Oct03
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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A video of three rocket motor tests at the FAR (Friends of Amateur Rocketry) site in Mojave, California: From the caption: The first was a successful M-class 6-grain APCP 75mm motor by Eric Beckner. The second is a successful K-class 2-grain […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I mentioned earlier the UK’s Register newspaper’s LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator) project. They have now opened the crowd-funding campaign to pay for their launch at Spaceport America in New Mexico: Balloon launch of the Vulture 2 rocket-powered spaceplane by Special Projects […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The UK’s Register newspaper has been hosting reports on the LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator) project, which aims to launch a small rocket powered plane (named Vulture 2) from a high altitude balloon. (See infographic below.) Plans to fly the package in Spain […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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SpaceX has added a new model rocket kit based on the latest Falcon 9 rocket design: Falcon 9 and Fairing Flying Model Rocket Kit – Featured === I recently wrote about the LittleBits SpaceKit: Assemble your own space program that allows you to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s an overview of the history of model rocketry: The Dangerous Origins of Model Rocketry – i09.com. Find many resources about rocketry and its history in the HobbySpace Rocketry section. === Here’s an announcement in my email about a rocket event this June: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) is sponsoring the 2014 University Student Rocketry Challenge: SEDS is pleased to announce the 2014 University Student Rocketry Challenge. Now in it’s fourth year, this competition challenges university students to design, build, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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