Report of 11-12-12 Launch (Comments Off on Report of 11-12-12 Launch)
11/13/12 •
On November 12th 2012 we launched our under-scale rocket design on the Lummi reservation launch site. Our rocket contained a mini non-functional model of a quad copter. We used this opportunity to test the feasibility of deploying a quad copter during the decent of our rocket. During this launch we also tested an alternative recovery […]
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Results of Saturday’s Launch! (Comments Off on Results of Saturday’s Launch!)
10/22/12 •
The weather was perfect, only a little bit of wind but nothing that caused us worry. Sadly we only had one rocket ready to go, but one rocket is better than none. After revisiting the safety precautions and going over how to set up the rocket for its launch, we hopped into the cars and […]
A list of our Competitors! (Comments Off on A list of our Competitors!)
9/27/12 •
Alabama A&M University Normal, AL California Polytechnic Pomona Pomona, CA Century College White Bear Lake, MI Citrus College Glendora, CA Clark College Vancouver, WA Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Harper College Palatine, IL Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Mississippi State University Starkville, MS New Mexico State University Las […]
Welcome to the Northwest Indian College Space Center! (Comments Off on Welcome to the Northwest Indian College Space Center!)
9/25/12 •
What started out as a tongue-in-cheek classroom activity in November of 2009 has turned into a powerful learning opportunity for Northwest Indian College students. Rockets! Rockets? That was a topic of interest for a couple of students, Justin and Robert, while sitting in Gary’s classroom after the day’s classes. “What can we do with our […]
