{"id":14424,"date":"2017-05-28T12:29:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T16:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14424"},"modified":"2017-05-28T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T18:26:25","slug":"spaceport-america-cup-collegiate-rocket-competition-in-new-mexico-june-20-24-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14424","title":{"rendered":"Spaceport America Cup &#8211; Collegiate rocket competition in New Mexico, June 20-24, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundingrocket.org\/\" target=\"_d\">ESRA<\/a>) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceportAmerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spaceport America<\/a>\u00a0(near Las Cruces, New Mexico ) are sponsoring the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spaceportamericacup.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Spaceport America Cup<\/a>\u00a0university student rocket competition, which will take place at the spaceport over June 20-24, 2017:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Spaceport America Cup is designed around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundingrocket.org\/2017-irec.html\">IREC<\/a> \u2013 the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition for student rocketry teams from all over the country and around the world. With over 110 teams from colleges and universities in eleven countries, 2017 will be the competition\u2019s biggest year yet. Students will be launching solid, liquid, and hybrid rockets to target altitudes of 10,000 and 30,000 feet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BM09AOlmyuk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the competition rocket launches, the interns at <a href=\"http:\/\/ulalaunch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Launch Alliance<\/a> will be firing off their big rocket:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/ula-announces-2017-future-heavy-payloads.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Announces+Payloads+to+Fly+on+World%e2%80%99s+Largest+Sport+Rocket+%e2%80%93+53-Foot-Tall+Future+Heavy+\" target=\"_d\">United Launch Alliance Announces Payloads to Fly on World\u2019s Largest Sport Rocket \u2013 53-Foot-Tall Futu &#8211; ULA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Sixteen payloads from K-12 schools and educational organizations throughout Colorado have been confirmed to fly on United Launch Alliance\u2019s Future Heavy intern rocket this summer. The 53-foot-tall, high-power sport rocket launch will take place at Spaceport America, New Mexico, on Saturday, June 24, during its annual Spaceport America Cup International Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition in association with ESRA the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Since 2009, ULA has teamed up with Ball Aerospace to offer its interns a real-world space industry experience by launching rockets and payloads (onboard instruments\/experiments deployed after launch) they volunteer to build during their internships.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Some articles about the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1006665\/rocket-competition-planned-at-spaceport.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rocket competition planned at Spaceport | Albuquerque Journal<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2017\/05\/25\/colorado-schools-to-participate-in-spaceport-rocket-launch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorado Schools To Participate In Spaceport Rocket Launch &#8211; CBS Denver<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) and\u00a0Spaceport America\u00a0(near Las Cruces, New Mexico ) are sponsoring the\u00a0Spaceport America Cup\u00a0university student rocket competition, which will take place at the spaceport over June 20-24, 2017: The Spaceport America Cup is designed around IREC \u2013 the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition for student rocketry teams from all over the country &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14424\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spaceport America Cup &#8211; Collegiate rocket competition in New Mexico, June 20-24, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-education","category-rocketry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3KE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16211,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16211","url_meta":{"origin":14424,"position":0},"title":"130 student teams to compete in 2nd Annual Spaceport America Cup rocket competition","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Spaceport America: Second Annual Spaceport America Cup Scheduled for June 19-23 at Spaceport America, NM\u00a0 130 Teams of College and University Rocketeers from Around the Globe to Compete SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. 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