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Reader's Questions: What is a Sounding Rocket?
Sailors the world over used to throw a weighted line into the water off of the ship to gauge the depth of the water. This was known as “to sound” or “a sounding”. Basically it … more →
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Reader's Questions: What is a Sounding Rocket?
rocketry wrote 6 days ago: Sailors the world over used to throw a weighted line into the water off of the ship to gauge the dep … more →
Shock collar, Shock egg, or vapor cone
rocketry wrote 1 month ago: One of my favorite photos from last weeks Ares 1-X launch showed a very defined shock collar develop … more →
Julius Sumner Miller: Bernoulli and Newton's 3rd
rocketry wrote 2 months ago: Back in the 1960s there were few educators as flamboyant and successful as Julius Sumner Miller. Pro … more →
TARC Video
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rocketry wrote 3 months ago: As schools across the country register for the 2010 Team America Rocketry Challenge we can now take … more →
Latest Gallup poll shows great support for Space program costs
rocketry wrote 4 months ago: In a recent Gallup poll Americans show overwhelming support for the space program costs. An amazing … more →
Countdown:Apollo 11 40th Anniversary
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rocketry wrote 5 months ago: How will you celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the Lunar landing? I offer up this list … more →
Rocket planes: On the drawing boards of the Third Reich
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rocketry wrote 7 months ago: In addition to all of the evil and destruction of the Third Reich stood many scientist and engineers … more →
April 12th 1961
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rocketry wrote 8 months ago: Gagaran in capsule On this day 48 years ago, Yuri Gagaran became the first man in space. His spacecr … more →
Model Rocket print ads from 1960's
rocketry wrote 11 months ago: Remember turning to the back of your favorite magazine and looking at the classified ads for really … more →
Life Magazine Photos Online
rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Rocketeers in 1957- Life Magazine Life magazine working with Google released years of wonderful phot … more →
Safe and Sound
rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Early model rocketry The advent of model rocketry in 1958 completely changed he landscape of the … more →
Titan Rocket Dynasty
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rocketry wrote 1 year ago: The Titan family of rockets was a dynasty that lasted 46 years. There were approximately 368 launche … more →
Interesting photo of Orville Carlisle
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rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Here is a photo of Orville Carlisle that appeared in an Esquire magazine. The photo was taken in the … more →
History and Use of Recovery Wadding and Alternatives
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rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Wadding definition: A non-flammable filler material placed in a model rocket airframe to protect the … more →
"Virtual" Model Rocket Museum coming soon
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rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Over at Quest Aerospace, Bill Stine will be putting together a wonderful collection of Rocketry memo … more →
Pay Forward
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rocketry wrote 1 year ago: James Huffy has posted links to a Video biography of G. Harry Stine. The video was created to suppor … more →
WAC Corporal: Real and Model
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rocketry wrote 1 year ago: In 1944 the Army Ordinace Department and the California Institute of Technology (under the research … more →
If Sputnik was a WOW then Explorer 1 was a SIGH(of relief!)
rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Explorer 1’s 50th Anniversary It was December 6th, 1957. Americans turned on their TVs hoping … more →
A little Von Braun
rocketry wrote 1 year ago: Recently I read the new book by Michael Neufeld “Von Braun”. It was an excellent book an … more →
