Northwest Indian College Space Center

We had a short launch today to test three new rockets and Gary’s parachute changes. Tad’s unique Mace had a fuel tank leak and didn’t get very high. Michael’s wouldn’t hold pressure at all while Mariya’s parachute timer broke loose and the parachute didn’t deploy. Her rocket flew nice and straight though. Gary’s parachute rocket […]

(temprary video of Head Start Launch) Another week gone by and another week filled with adventure! First off was the very complimentary picture 🙂 and article about the Space Center in this month’s  Squol Quol. Then the most fun of all! We had a rocket launch with Teacher Sue’s Lummi Head Start Class on Thursday.  […]

We are still in first place for the First Nations Launch after submitting the Critical Design Report on February 26. And we’ve been receiving sponsorship money for our trip. This launch saw one successfull parachute recover, albeit deployed too soon, and the first on-board video. On Friday we reached a Space Center best of 343 […]

About a dozen high school students from Muckleshoot visited Northwest Indian College today and the Space Center was asked to do a demo launch. We launched a righ fin rocket and NOS-1. The launcher didn’t hold NOS-1 so Gary had to hold it and then effect a timely release. Well, timely once and the last […]

Hello Space Fans! Even though it was a bit breezy, we wanted to try out our new altimeters and our first rocket motor propelled rocket. Mariya’s Odin III had a leak in the tank coupling and we couldn’t get the pressure over 40 psi. Its altitude was measured at 60 feet. Gary’s NOS-1 was launched […]

We successfully tested a parachute recovery rocket. It was made from two 2 liter bottles spliced together with a Tomy Timer as a parachute release mechanism. It worked; however, the delay was a little heart-stopping long. The ‘chute opened about 20 feet above ground! The next three launches were of a rocket made from 2 […]

  The Northwest Indian College Space Center was formally launched to a small crowd of well-wishers consisting of several faculty, administrators, staff, and students. We had cooperative weather and not too many technical difficulties and were able to launch five rockets that were captured on video and an additional five launches not captured. Mariya Williams […]

Hello everyone, The Northwest Indian College Space Center has scheduled a launch for Thursday, January 21, 2010 around noon on the ball field behind Student Services. You all, of course, are cordially invited. Please bring cameras to record this historic endeavor. Some of you witnessed a design concept test today. It used minimum fuel and […]

I’ve added several links that are simulators. They range from complex to overly simple; but all are good for testing ideas about weight, shape, water volume, etc.