Andy Woerner and his friends have built a 21-foot long X-Wing model that can actually fly. Yes, this is a real X-Wing powered by four solid-fuel rocket engines complete with radio-controlled moving wings. It blasts off next week, and Internet site "Gizmodo" talked with Andy about the project.

BATON ROUGE, Lousiana USA — Giant Leap Rocketry, Inc. has a new location devoted exclusively to motor sales. Dubbed informally as “Giant Leap Motors,” this new branch of Giant Leap will handle all motor sales of Aerotech, CTI and other specialized brands.

SAN LUIS, Arizona USA — After-school programs at Southwest Junior High School and San Luis Middle School are now getting more funding and resources.

GILBERT, Arizona USA — Nathan Hall took his Cub Scout rocket-building project and ran with it.

CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — Dr. Andreas Mueller of Switzerland has written software that produces a rocket trajectory diagram for any rocket using a single AeroTech motor. These diagrams provide an easy means to compute everything the Range Safety Officer usually wants know.