Jamie Clay's Mercury rocket lifts off from Pad A.
Jamie Clay's Mercury rocket makes a smooth climb.
Jamie Clay's Mercury capsule, booster and escape tower deploy
separate parachutes.
Jamie Clay's Mercury capsule, booster and escape tower
successfully descend under parachute.
The second ARLISS flight lifts off from Pad C carrying more
student research payloads.
The second ARLISS flight continues climbing.
The second ARLISS flight continues climbing.
Students whose payloads are aboard the rocket watch anxiously.
Students whose payloads are aboard the rocket watch anxiously.
One student takes a photo of their reactions to tell everyone
at home.
Not all large rockets are ARLISS (university research) flights.
This belongs to an individual.
(Anyone have more info?)
Becky and Jim Green do a lot of work to help keep every launch running.
Becky is AeroPAC's Treasurer.
Among many other things, she handles registration at launches.
Both are Level 3 certified rocketeers.
High Power Rocketry Magazine (of the Tripoli Rocketry Association)
and RocketRage were some of the vendors at XPRS III...
Nadine Kinney of Photos by Nadine is a well-respected professional
photographer at high-power rocketry launches.
She'll make prints of your rocket launching.
These are the new warning signs that debuted at XPRS III.
The main change was to implement the Board of Directors' recent
decision that all pets must be leashed.
(Unfortunately, a few dogs have been a serious and growing problem
which have caused restrictions for all the others.)
An ARLISS rocket launches from the 1500-foot pad.
An ARLISS large rocket launches from the 1500-foot pad.
The ARLISS rocket climbs.
The ARLISS rocket climbs.
The ARLISS rocket climbs.
Students observe as their ARLISS payloads fly.
The Comeback Competition scoreboard is still empty as
most payloads have yet to fly, and results are still
pending on those that have flown.
The 8 Japanese educational institutions participating in
ARLISS at AeroPAC's XPRS III are Nihon University,
Genba Shugi, University of Tokyo, Tohoku University,
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Matunaga),
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Takadama)
and Soka University.
Stanford Prof Bob Twiggs and AeroPAC member Carl Reisinger
post results from the early ARLISS flights.
University students work on their payload electronics.
The ARLISS site is composed of a series of canopies covering
workspaces for each university's teams.
AeroPAC member Erik Ebert sets out in search of his rocket that
successfully lofted and then released ARLISS student payloads.
The center section of Erik's rocket is quickly found.
Erik Ebert and ??? (sorry - too many new names for me.
I'll have to ask Erik his friend's name again.)
Erik listens to the beeps from the altimeter to learn how
high the rocket went above ground level.
Erik listens to the beeps from the altimeter to learn how
high the rocket went above ground level.
With the altitude now known, Erik smiles by his rocket.
This confirms everything worked perfectly.
He's proud to have helped the students fly their payloads.
Erik smiles by his rocket. In the background are my
truck and Erik's rental RV.
Erik smiles by his rocket.
The booster section of Erik's rocket was visible a hundred yards
or so from the center section.
The booster section of Erik's rocket, with the AeroPAC flight line
partly visible about 1/2 mile in the background, and partly
disappearing in the mirage that occurs on every warm or hot day.
The nose cone of Erik's rocket is visible in the near background
with its own parachute.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
The nose cone from Erik's rocket was the final part we needed
to recover.
Erik smiles with the nose cone of his rocket.
Jamie Clay's Mercury rocket lifts off from Pad A.
Jamie Clay's Mercury rocket makes a smooth climb.
Jamie Clay's Mercury capsule, booster and escape tower deploy
separate parachutes.
Jamie Clay's Mercury capsule, booster and escape tower
successfully descend under parachute.
The second ARLISS flight lifts off from Pad C carrying more
student research payloads.
The second ARLISS flight continues climbing.
The second ARLISS flight continues climbing.
Students whose payloads are aboard the rocket watch anxiously.
Students whose payloads are aboard the rocket watch anxiously.
One student takes a photo of their reactions to tell everyone
at home.
Not all large rockets are ARLISS (university research) flights.
This belongs to an individual.
(Anyone have more info?)
Becky and Jim Green do a lot of work to help keep every launch running.
Becky is AeroPAC's Treasurer.
Among many other things, she handles registration at launches.
Both are Level 3 certified rocketeers.
High Power Rocketry Magazine (of the Tripoli Rocketry Association)
and RocketRage were some of the vendors at XPRS III...
Nadine Kinney of Photos by Nadine is a well-respected professional
photographer at high-power rocketry launches.
She'll make prints of your rocket launching.
These are the new warning signs that debuted at XPRS III.
The main change was to implement the Board of Directors' recent
decision that all pets must be leashed.
(Unfortunately, a few dogs have been a serious and growing problem
which have caused restrictions for all the others.)
An ARLISS rocket launches from the 1500-foot pad.
An ARLISS large rocket launches from the 1500-foot pad.
The ARLISS rocket climbs.
The ARLISS rocket climbs.
The ARLISS rocket climbs.
Students observe as their ARLISS payloads fly.
The Comeback Competition scoreboard is still empty as
most payloads have yet to fly, and results are still
pending on those that have flown.
The 8 Japanese educational institutions participating in
ARLISS at AeroPAC's XPRS III are Nihon University,
Genba Shugi, University of Tokyo, Tohoku University,
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Matunaga),
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Takadama)
and Soka University.
Stanford Prof Bob Twiggs and AeroPAC member Carl Reisinger
post results from the early ARLISS flights.
University students work on their payload electronics.
The ARLISS site is composed of a series of canopies covering
workspaces for each university's teams.
AeroPAC member Erik Ebert sets out in search of his rocket that
successfully lofted and then released ARLISS student payloads.
The center section of Erik's rocket is quickly found.
Erik Ebert and ??? (sorry - too many new names for me.
I'll have to ask Erik his friend's name again.)
Erik listens to the beeps from the altimeter to learn how
high the rocket went above ground level.
Erik listens to the beeps from the altimeter to learn how
high the rocket went above ground level.
With the altitude now known, Erik smiles by his rocket.
This confirms everything worked perfectly.
He's proud to have helped the students fly their payloads.
Erik smiles by his rocket. In the background are my
truck and Erik's rental RV.
Erik smiles by his rocket.
The booster section of Erik's rocket was visible a hundred yards
or so from the center section.
The booster section of Erik's rocket, with the AeroPAC flight line
partly visible about 1/2 mile in the background, and partly
disappearing in the mirage that occurs on every warm or hot day.
The nose cone of Erik's rocket is visible in the near background
with its own parachute.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
Erik smiles with his rocket's booster section.
The nose cone from Erik's rocket was the final part we needed
to recover.
Erik smiles with the nose cone of his rocket.