November 8, 2013 - Model Rocketry Begins

We have begin the study of rockets. The goal is to build and launch a Redstone type rocket in the spring.  There is a lot to do to get to the point of firing a rocket. 

The first task is to study the Dimensions Module 4, "Rockets".

November Cosmic Events

Comet ISON - A sun grazing comet from the Oort Cloud that will pass the Sun in November.  It is currently viewable in the pre-dawn sky. It will be closest to the Sun on Thanksgiving, November 28, 2013.  It will re-pass the Earth on it's way back to the Oort Cloud on December 26, 2013.

Visit www.isoncampaign.org and solarsystem.nasa.gov/ISON for more information

Picture below was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 10, 2013 when ISON was just inside Jupiter's orbit

Pictorial view of the F-35