TONEY, Alabama USA — April 26 was another beautiful day at the Bragg Farm, where the NASA Student Launch Initiative was to be held. The Huntsville Area Rocketry Association arrived to temps in the 60's, and the American flag atop of the 150 foot tower was not moving at all.

TONEY, Alabama USA — NASA's University Student Launch Initiative was held this past Saturday, April 19, at Bragg Farm in Toney, Alabama. Although an overnight rain had left the freshly planted corn field muddy, the launch was a go for the event host, the Huntsville Area Rocketry Association.

SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut USA — What would you call an 8 year old girl who set six national NAR competition records in one weekend, three of which she set after she left in mid-event and crushed all of the boys in a mid-Atlantic karate tournament? I would call her a serious competitor.

XPRS 2007 went down in the record books as a very windy ordeal, but as members of Team RUMP found out, the weather on the Black Rock Desert wasn't the only problems that can crop up while trying to challenge the rocket Gods and set new high power rocketry altitude records.

Skyshots in June is the traditional early regional launch in the Texas panhandle normally held on the third weekend of June, but this year it was held over the Memorial Day Weekend. So with the schedule change and those that planned to fly, it was decided to make the entire launch research capable.

NYPOWER, it's been THE big launch for Rich Pitzeruse for over 10 years now. Held in Geneseo, New York at the same site that hosted LDRS 23, NYPOWER enjoys a large mowed grass field carpeting a one mile by one mile recovery area. This past weekend, Rich and Calvin got their revenge there.

USCRPL is a student-run research organization based in the astronautics department at the University of Southern California. A group of the school's engineering students wanted to show that they knew their stuff in the latter half of 2005, so they got together and designed a carbon fiber rocket to display their skills.

May in Washington State is for rockets!  This year didn't disappoint with a large contingent of rocketeers in attendance at FITS 2007 — Fire In the Sky — the largest launch in the Pacific northwest each year. It was a very special event for Brad Wright, who successfully certified Level 3 there with his rocket, Panther Paws.

The Northwest's premiere rocketry event, Fire In The Sky, was held this past weekend in Mansfield, Washington and the participants were treated with wonderful weather and high flights, including a number of successful Level 3 flights.  Ray Stoner chronicled his march toward Level 3 at the event.

AUSTIN, Texas USA — Saturday morning started early for members of the Austin-area Cub Scout Pack 990 and Boy Scout Troop 990.  Today was the the day these younsters were going to break the record for the largest number of model rockets launched at one time, which stood at 399 set in September of 2005.