{"id":16211,"date":"2018-06-14T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16211"},"modified":"2018-06-14T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:42:21","slug":"130-student-teams-to-compete-in-2nd-annual-spaceport-america-cup-rocket-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16211","title":{"rendered":"130 student teams to compete in 2nd Annual Spaceport America Cup rocket competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An announcement from <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceportamerica.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spaceport America<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2018\/06\/prweb15561865.htm\" target=\"_d\">Second Annual Spaceport America Cup Scheduled<br \/>\nfor June 19-23 at Spaceport America, NM<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>130 Teams of College and University Rocketeers from Around the Globe to Compete<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. (PRWEB)\u00a0JUNE 13, 2018<\/strong>:\u00a0 Student rocketeers from around the globe will gather at Spaceport America June 21-23 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundingrocket.org\/sa-cup-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Annual Spaceport America Cup<\/a>, the world&#8217;s largest <em>Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition<\/em> for student rocketry teams. The public in invited to meet the team and see their projects on June 19 in nearby Las Cruces, NM. Spaceport America is located between the cities of Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.<\/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\/4uGLOy3BRN0?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>More than 130 teams from US and international colleges and universities \u2013 including Canada, Egypt, Great Britain, India, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland, as well as 31 of the 50 US States, plus the District of Columbia, and four of 13 Canadian provinces and territories \u2013 are registered. The competition will be challenging for the participants and exciting for spectators, as students will be launching solid, liquid, and hybrid rockets to target altitudes of 10,000 and 30,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Among the events open to the public, under the auspices of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundingrocket.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Experimental Sounding Rocket Association<\/a> and Spaceport America, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, June 19 &#8211; 8 am &#8211; 5 pm: Free admission. Come interact with students and view their projects at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88001<\/li>\n<li>Thursday-Saturday, June 21 \u2013 23: Gates are open 8 am &#8211; 4 pm, dependent on weather conditions. Watch as rockets soar thru the sky and mingle with students in the spectator area. A three-day pass for adults is $20, with a one-day pass available for $10. For children in grades K-12, a three-day pass is $10; a one-day pass is $5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceportamericacup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.spaceportamericacup.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information and to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Spaceport America:\u00a0<\/strong>Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket-friendly environment of 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace, low population density, a 12,000-foot spaceway, and 340 days of sunshine and low humidity. Some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry are customers at Spaceport America: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VirginGalactic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virgin Galactic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Launch Alliance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boeing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upaerospace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UP Aerospace<\/a>, EnergeticX, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pipeline2space.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pipeline2Space<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/exosaero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EXOS Aerospace<\/a>. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spaceportamerica.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/spaceportamerica.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<br \/>\nSpaceport America is #NewMexicoTRUE.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Spaceport America on<br \/>\nTwitter: @Spaceport_NM<br \/>\nFacebook: @SpaceportNM<br \/>\nInstagram: @spaceport.america<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Las Cruces<\/strong>:\u00a0Nestled in southern New Mexico\u2019s Mesilla Valley between the Rio Grande River and Organ Mountains, Las Cruces is quickly becoming a popular southwestern destination, and is now emphasizing its close connections to space travel, including the First Annual Space Festival in April 2018, and a full-size replica of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo on display near City Hall. Las Cruces blends a unique variety of such special events, attractions, culture and historical sites, as well as superb weather, with 350 days of sunshine per year. For more information on all Las Cruces has to offer, contact Visit Las Cruces at (575) 541-2150 or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitlascruces.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.visitlascruces.com<\/a>.<\/p>\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=videogames&amp;banner=0YBSTB3PG6TJ80MABQG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=fef0176ddb8f1a2053cdf6c167e8a86b&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. (PRWEB)\u00a0JUNE 13, 2018:\u00a0 Student rocketeers from around the globe will gather at Spaceport America June 21-23 for the Second Annual Spaceport &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16211\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">130 student teams to compete in 2nd Annual Spaceport America Cup rocket competition<\/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":[16,37,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-events","category-rocketry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4dt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14424,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14424","url_meta":{"origin":16211,"position":0},"title":"Spaceport America Cup &#8211; Collegiate rocket competition in New Mexico, June 20-24, 2017","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/BM09AOlmyuk\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28041,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=28041","url_meta":{"origin":16211,"position":1},"title":"Rocketry: RFTS rocket competition + NM spaceport hosts student launches + FAR\u2011OUT rockets at Mojave","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Some recent rocketry items of interest: ** Reach for the Stars is holding the 18th RFTS National Rocket Competition. 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