{"id":5787,"date":"2013-12-21T19:54:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2013-12-21T19:54:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T19:54:42","slug":"a-report-on-usc-rocket-groups-latest-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5787","title":{"rendered":"A report on USC rocket group&#8217;s latest launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscrpl.com\/\" target=\"_d\">University of Southern California Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (USCRPL)<\/a>\u00a0team in September launched their 4-meter, 136 kilogram\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscrpl.com\/proj\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Traveler 1 rocket<\/a> from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeropac.org\/blackrock.html\" target=\"_blank\">Black Rock Desert<\/a> in northern Nevada\u00a0:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/at-work\/education\/young-rocketeers-reach-for-space?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+(IEEE+Spectrum)\" target=\"_d\">Young Rocketeers Reach for Space &#8211; IEEE Spectrum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket exploded a few seconds after liftoff but the launch was a step in the right direction for the program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/75194796?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/75194796\">USC Rocket Lab Launches Traveler 1<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/uscviterbi\">USC Viterbi<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0University of Southern California Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (USCRPL)\u00a0team in September launched their 4-meter, 136 kilogram\u00a0Traveler 1 rocket from the\u00a0Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada\u00a0:\u00a0Young Rocketeers Reach for Space &#8211; IEEE Spectrum. The rocket exploded a few seconds after liftoff but the launch was a step in the right direction for the program. USC Rocket Lab &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5787\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A report on USC rocket group&#8217;s latest launch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[22,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1vl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4563,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4563","url_meta":{"origin":5787,"position":0},"title":"Rocketry: International Rocket Week report + USC student rocket group aims for space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A reporter learns about sports rocketry at the annual\u00a0 International Rocket Week held near the town of Paisley, Scotland: We have liftoff: the rocket enthusiasts having a blast in Scotland\u00a0 - The Guardian Once a year, enthusiasts converge on a wet and windy moor in Scotland to launch homemade rockets\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rocketry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rocketry","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18817,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18817","url_meta":{"origin":5787,"position":1},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; May.23.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: [ Update 2: Fairings recovered: Fairing halves recovered pic.twitter.com\/F82LE8JlLJ \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2019 Update: The Starlink launch and deployment went well. 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