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Colorado rocketry group promotes science, engineering
Media Article by ANDY KOEN, KOAA-TV NBC News   
Thursday, July 03, 2008

ImageCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado USA — For twenty years a local rocketry club has been helping to launch the imaginations of people in our community. The Colorado Springs Rocket Society (COSROCS) hosts free public launches twice a month in the Pikes Peak region.

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FAA can't confirm if rocket was about to strike Continental flight 1544
Media Article by CINDY HORSWELL, Houston Chronicle   
Thursday, July 03, 2008

ImageHOUSTON, Texas USA — A Continental airliner might have been only a minute away from colliding with what the pilot described as a model rocket that shot past his cockpit window, Federal Aviation Administration records obtained by the Houston Chronicle show.

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Extreme Rocketry Magazine July Issue #73 out now
News Release by Rocketeer Media   
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

ImageLAKEWOOD, Colorado USA — The latest issue of Extreme Rocketry magazine has been shipped to retail locations and subscribers. The July issue features an interview with Mike Stoop, founder of Mad Cow Rocketry as well as the Mile High Mayhem launch report.

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TRA Records Chair rejects M-class altitude record
Industry News by Planet News   
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

ImageWORLD WIDE WEB — Less than 24 hours after a press release announced that Curt von Delius had shattered the Tripoli Rocketry Association's M-class altitude record, TRA Contest and Records Chair Tom Rouse has confirmed that the application for record status has been denied.

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ROCKETS Magazine to upgrade shipping procedures
News Release by ROCKETS Magazine   
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

ImageGAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — ROCKETS Magazine has taken another step to assure our subscribers receive the best quality product delivered to their door. The June issue is being shipped in poly bags and subscribers will find a 2" x 4" spot for the address on the cover.

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Tripoli 'M' altitude record shattered using Kosdon by AeroTech Animal-Compatible M1450W reload
News Release by AeroTech Consumer Aerospace   
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

ImageCEDAR CITY, Utah USA — On June 20th, 2008 at the Mudroc launch in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, Curt von Delius (TRA 10592) established a pending 'M'-class single motor altitude record of over 40,000 feet AGL using a Kosdon by AeroTech™ (KBA™) Animal-Compatible™ M1450W rocket motor reload kit.

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Christmas in July? ROTW scheduled to reappear at NARAM
Industry News by Planet News   
Monday, June 30, 2008

ImageWORLD WIDE WEB — The rumors appear to be coming true, and lucky recipients scheduled to attend this year's NARAM-50 may walk away with the goods. Goods? Rumors? Peter Alway's much acclaimed Rockets of the World is being reprinted as you read this.

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ROCKETS Magazine stocked up on Performance Rocketry kits
News Release by Rockets Magazine   
Friday, June 27, 2008

ImageGAITHERBURG, Maryland USA — ROCKETS Magazine has heard you loud and clear. We have just received a large order of Performance Rocketry carbon fiber and fiberglass rocket kits. These kits are in stock now and ready for immediate shipment.

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Rouse-Tech announces new aluminum fin canister assemblies
News Release by Rouse-Tech   
Friday, June 27, 2008

ImageSAN JOSE, California USA — Rouse-Tech is excited to announce the release of a new product to the high power rocketry community. It's a precision manufactured fin can assembly for installation on four inch airframe tubing. It comes in both a three and four fin configuration.

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First Battle of the Rockets slated for November 2008
News Release by Federation of Galaxy Explorers   
Friday, June 27, 2008

ImageCULPEPER, Virginia USA — Students and individuals around the country are testing altimeters and hashing out designs in anticipation of competing in the first semi-annual Rocket Battle Competition in November 2008. Plans are to hold a competition each spring and fall.

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Pyramid Rocketry closing doors, announces clearance sale

GLASTONBURY, Connecticut USA — After five years of operation, Pyramid Rocketry is closing its doors. Alex Bruccoleri, owner of Pyramid, is a graduate student at Massachussetts Institude of Technology and no longer has time to operate the business.

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ROCKETS Magazine releases their Red Glare IV DVD set

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — On a bright sunny day in April 2008, on a rye grass field an hour away from our nation's capital, seventeen federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) stood in a tight circle around a man holding a huge green rocket loaded with ammonium perchlorate.

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Are toy rockets taking over the world?

You may recall, like a race car flying past you at 200 miles an hour, the brief media coverage of Flight 1544 flying from Houston to Cleveland on Memorial Day. Numerous witnesses on the plane described a cylinder shaped object with a long plume of thick smoke pouring out its back.  Many said it flew rapidly past the front of the plane, nearly missing it.

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HARA delivers off another successful NASA SLI launch

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.

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Join Rocketry Planet for live webcast of ULA Atlas V launch

WORLD WIDE WEB — On Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 4:12PM EDT, United Launch Alliance will launch an Atlas V rocket with ICO Global Communications's G1 commercial satellite.  Rocketry Planet has made arrangements to broadcast the launch live in one of our chat rooms.

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