MILFORD, Ohio USA – Brad Theilman, a Milford High School junior, has scored a perfect 36 score on his ACT test – not a bad way to launch his quest to become an astronaut.

STARKVILLE, Mississippi USA — It’s only nine miles down Oktoc Road from Mississippi State University to the Berk home, an old farmhouse more than 100 years old — the central hallway works cleverly as the family’s kitchen.

AMARILLO, Texas USA — They've crashed a few rockets and broken even more eggs, but members of Canyon High School's Canyon Rocket Design club are getting ready to soar at a national competition.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio USA — Three Springfield Local Schools District students will reach for the stars as they participate in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) National Rocket Competition scheduled for May 17 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California USA — Eight students from Oaks Christian High School qualified to compete in the finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge, the world's largest model rocket contest, in Virginia on Sat., May 17.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama USA — The Apollo Saturn V moon rocket, born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, to lift men on their journeys to the moon nearly 40 years ago, is about to be named one of the "7 Wonders of America" by ABC-TV's "Good Morning America."

ROCKFORD, Illinois USA — A team of nine students from Auburn and Jefferson high schools have qualified for the finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest model-rocket contest.

Is your child a future rocket scientist? As they scuttle about in the dirt with curiosity stamped across their forehead over their latest balsam wood plane, you may be looking at a future rocket hobbyist and perhaps an eventual contributor to a NASA program.

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri USA — The Kickapoo High School Physics Club is among 100 high school teams from across the country that will compete in the 2008 Team America Rocket Challenge at the national finals in The Plains, Va. on May 17.

NEWBURY, Massachussetts USA — Model rocket fans should turn their attention toward the Plum Island Aerodrome on June 14, when hundreds of rockets will be launched more than 1,000 feet into the air.