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Every spring, teams from high schools in the US gather in at several sites to launch their semester project rockets. The program offers high school students three different levels of projects, ranging from a mid-sized rocket traveling to a one mile apogee to rockets weighing several hundred pounds with the potential to reach near-space altitudes.
Having been interested in rockets since childhood, Jubb obtained corporate financing and flew many amateur rockets, all by the time he was 14 years old. [2] In 1995, along with his grandfather Sid Guy, he co-founded The Falcon Project, a company that designs and develops rocket engines for commercial and military applications. [3]
UKAYRoC Logo. The UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKRoC) [1] is a youth rocket building competition, established in 2007. It provides secondary school student teams (of 3 to 5 members aged 11 to 18), a realistic experience in designing a flying aerospace vehicle that meets a specified set of mission and performance requirements.
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"We’re just college students who have homework and dishes and groceries to do, and we just sent a rocket to space. We broke the world record and sent a rocket higher than any [amateur] ever has.”
Rockets limited to 650 grams total liftoff weight; motors limited to 80 N·s. Rocket must descend with all pieces tethered to two parachutes of the same size. Best two of three scores summed to determine Finals qualifiers. 413 54.12 Creekview High School (Team 1), Canton, GA (Flight 1) 6 (Flight 2) 8.88 (Total) 14.88
Chapters at both schools worked together to participate in the Kill-a-Watt challenge, proving to be the first project which gained acclaim in school newspapers for the movement. [4] From there, the UCF chapter created the "T-tote" campaign, which involved upcycling worn out donated T-shirts into carrying bags.
Robert H. Goddard High School was completed in 1965 in Roswell, New Mexico, and dedicated by Esther Goddard; [104] the school's mascot is titled "Rockets". [105] Obelisk marks the Goddard Rocket Launching Site. The Goddard Rocket Launching Site in Auburn, Massachusetts, is a National Historic Landmark. The location was formerly the Asa Ward ...