The first sounding rocket was launched on February 16, 1949
When scientists use the term “sound” in relation to the upper atmosphere, they are referring to a process of using instruments carried by rockets to gather data about the properties of the atmosphere at different altitudes. This process is known as “sounding”, and it involves measuring various physical properties of the atmosphere, such as temperature, pressure, and composition, at different heights.
Beautiful day, the weather was perfect. I was in a cast but Kevin came and picked me up. I could take pictures but at a distance so they didn’t turn out as good as usual. The videos are at the bottom of this post.
B14-0 Cato’s on staged flight of an Estes Drifter
We got together for a rocket launch on this beautiful Saturday afternoon. It was pretty hot but the wind wasn’t as bad as it had been at the last couple of launches. The guys got three new Astocam videos that I’ll post below.
Rock and rollers from space!
After the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, in an effort to raise the spirits of the astronauts, technicians, crew, etc., Dan Brandenstein, Chief of the Astronaut Office, suggested that they hold a party. Brewster Shaw then approached Hoot Gibson, who he had performed a few songs with at astronaut parties, with the idea of forming a four-piece group to play at this party.
Possible protection from the lunar surface, where it may be as hot as 212°F during the day and as cold as -238°F just before dawn.
Gusts up to 40 MPH
What a beautiful day, for early March, with a high temperature of 79 degrees F. The wind was a different story. According to theweather.net, the winds were a constant 10 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. We had a challenge, used a lot of streamers, and had a great day as usual.
Not much bigger than a Rubik’s Cube
CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. CubeSats are built to standard dimensions of 4 in x 4 in x 4 in. They typically weigh less than (3 lbs). NASA’s CubeSats are deployed from a Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer, or P-POD.
Not a cloud in the sky.
Beautiful day, blue sky with high temperature at 58 degrees F. The negative was the winds, about 10-15MPH steady all day with some 25MPH gusts. We adjusted our launches and everything went pretty well. A few high flights required streamers though.
Capturing all that glitters In galaxies with NASA’s Webb
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. It will allow scientists to look at what our universe was like about 200 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope will be able to capture images of some of the first galaxies ever formed.
Beautiful sky, great launch
Another great day flying rockets, first launch this year. It was windy and cold, 10mph steady breeze and 40 degrees F. The sky was cloudless. We had a couple of more launches that I did not get a photo of; Kevin’s PML Bullpup on a Loki G66, and my Estes Big Dawg on a C6-5.
