What We Do
Rocketry
Learn with us on our journey to be certified to launch in all three rocketry certifications and how we did each step along the way.
Astronomy
Look up with us as we use hobby telescopes to probe our home universe, perhaps see some neighbors.
Education
Learn from our lessons nd our explosions… From how rockets work to finding possible aliens we got you covered!
Stories
Latest in Space
Go beyond the horizon and explore the universe beyond!
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Capturing the Sun’s Secrets And a Mysterious Satellite
Welcome to our first astronomy article! While we figure out how to get our telescope dialed in for exoplanet research, we can still do some science with the imagery we do have! In this article we will focus on the Sun, our home star. Mind you these images were taken with a very thick filter…
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The Invisible Balance: Why Rocket Stability Comes Down to Two Points
Understanding the relationship between center of gravity and center of pressure is not just an academic exercise, it is the foundation of stable flight for anything moving through the atmosphere, whether it is a rocket, an airplane, a dart, or even a sandal. In fact, understanding these forces was a huge factor in the first…
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Pass, But At What Height? We Passed Our Certification, But Why Did Pleiades 1 Fly Lower?
So first things first, we all passed our high-power rocketry certification! Which is awesome, but here’s the thing: our Pleiades 1 rockets didn’t fly quite as high as we expected. In fact, they achieved a maximum altitude about 31% shorter than what was predicted. We spent a lot of time running simulations before launch to…
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The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
Carl Sagan
Astrophysics
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