TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico USA — Spaceport America has launched two unmanned commercial rockets and touts plans for space tourism, but some secret rocket research also is being done. Lockheed Martin Corporation is now using the spaceport to advance some of its less-publicized technology.

FARMINGTON, New Mexico USA — The springtime New Mexico wind can be a brutal force.

But for 15-year-old Sean Abrahamson, it is an inspiration.

CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania USA — Camp Hill residents shouldn't worry if they hear rocket fire from Siebert Park on the afternoon of April 20.

LOGAN, Utah USA — Using a design unlike any of their competitors, 15 USU engineering students will attempt to launch a rocket exactly one mile in the air to win a rocket competition sponsored by NASA.

Rockets of all sizes will launch skyward this weekend as part of the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association's Desert Heat 2008 event.

HERMINIE, Pennsylvania USA — In a cinderblock corner of Yough High School, members of the Cougar Rocketry Team gathered on a recent Wednesday not to calculate gunpowder proportions or discuss payload composition, but to plow through paperwork.

SNOWDRIFT, Northwest Territories CAN — It is not often that a class project draws a crowd, but that is exactly what happened in Lutsel K'e recently.

SAIPAN, Mariana Islands, FM — William S. Reyes Elementary School yesterday held its traditional Science Fair that highlighted several impressive entries from the students.

ROCHESTER, Minnesota USA — David Donovan and his friend Andy Limper, both Mayo Clinic employees, put together model rockets when they were kids.

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin USA — The Five Clans Rocket Team at the College of Menominee Nation in Green Bay has shown that they can successfully design and build working rockets.