21 June 2017

Michelle Hymowitz spent a week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility learning about rocketry, building and launching model rockets, and watching an actual Sounding Rocket launch.

Dawn holding some rockets while watching other launches.
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Larry checking his motor.
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Group photo with our rockets and all of the leaders and helpers.
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Jeremy and Chris setting their rockets on the launch pad.
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A successful rocket launch!
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Parachute deploys!
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A successful rocket launch!
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Parachute deploys!
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A successful rocket launch!
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Parachute deploys!
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William setting up his rocket on the launch pad.
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Kal setting up his rocket on the launch pad.
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Nick setting up his rocket on the launch pad.
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A successful rocket launch!
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A successful rocket launch!
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Parachute deploys!
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Taylah setting up her rocket on the launch pad.
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Linda helping Michelle reset her rocket after a failed launch.
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Bert helping Michelle reset her rocket after a failed launch.
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Jim holding his rocket.
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Nick and his rocket after launch and retrieval.
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WRATS participant and her daughter...
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... setting up her rocket on the launch pad.
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One of the Wallops workers helping WRATS teachers during the week.
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Dawn and her rocket after launch and retrieval.
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Phil Eberspeaker
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Debbie and her rocket after launch and retrieval.
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One of the safety managers with Kal, waiting at the truck used to drive out and retrieve the launched rockets.
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Berit working on Michelle's rocket.
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Linda watching Heather as she launches her rocket.
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The launch pad on the airport runway.
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Parachute deployments for a couple of rockets.
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Chris retrieving his launched rocket.
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Bo Lowrey
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Laura holding her launched rocket.
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Linda Sherman, coordinator of the WRATS program.
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One of the Wallops workers helping WRATS teachers during the week.
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Taylah Hawks and her rocket.
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Jeremy holding his rocket.
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The rocket launches are a little noisy.
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Michelle's rocket launches, flies, and parachutes down.
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Jeremy Gosnell setting up his rocket on the launch pad.
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Dave setting up his rocket on the launch pad.
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A successful rocket launch!
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A successful rocket launch!
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One unsuccessful launch ...
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... and the aftermath.
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Safety manager.
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Rocket retrieval expert.
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