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Rutters Selects Spring Grove Rocketry team as supported charity

1/30/2020

Rutters selects the Spring Grove Rocketry Team as a charity for their Rutters Rewards Schools program. . If you are a Rutters VIP member, please go to the Rutters website and login. Once logged in, click the Rutters Rewards Schools tab. Select Spring Grove Rocketry Team and click on the "Support Selected Charity" button. Every time that you use your card during the months of November, December and January, Rutters will make a donation toward our program. If you are not a VIP member, you can use your card on the Rutters website to resister your card and create a Login.

The program starts over every 3 months. Even if you chose us before, after Feb 1 please login to your VIP account on the Rutters website and select the Spring Grove Rocketry Team under Rutters Rewards Schools!

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TARC practice launches

1/29/2020

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The Spring Grove TARC teams launched yesterday and the results were great. With a target altitude of 800ft, there were flights of 786ft, 792ft, 798ft, 801ft and 819ft. Many other flights were close as well. The teams are getting closer to qualifying flights for TARC Nationals! Go Rocket Scientists!

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R&K Sub Sale to benefit the Rocketry Team

1/21/2020

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The rocketry team just started their spring R&K Sub sale. Orders are Feb 17 and will be delivered to the high school on Feb 27. Team members are now taking orders. Payment may be made by cash or check payable to SGASD. Please see files below for order forms.

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First TARC launch of 2020!

1/15/2020

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Most of the teams flew for the first time on Jan 13 in the surprising 50 degree and still weather. The launches looked good with some near perfect on the altitude or time. No back to building and tweaking for the next launch.

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Apophis flies for the first time

1/14/2020

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The 18 pound rocket flew on a CTI J380 Smokey Sam motor on Saturday for proof of concept. The flight was straight and the deployment of the drogue and main parachutes went according to plan. The rocket landed with no damage. The motor was smaller than the planned motor due to the wind to cut down on drift.

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Team Olympus prepares for the first full scale flight of Apophis

1/13/2020

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On Saturday Jan 11, the Spring Grove NASA SLI team prepped their full scale rocket, Apophis, for its first flight at MDRA. The rocket is roughly 20 pounds. Launch photos and videos posted this week.

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3D Printed fin can completed for NASA SLI

1/9/2020

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The fin can for our full scale rocket for NASA SLI includes a 3D printed fin can to slide over the motor tube. We would like to thank our sponsor TE Connectivity for printing our part out of Ultem. The part was student designed using Solidworks. The first full scale launch is scheduled for this weekend.

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New patches have arrived and are available for sale

1/7/2020

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The new 2020 NASA SLI mission patches are now available for $2 each. They are embroidered and have an iron-on backing. The images are showing the new Artemis plan "Moon to Mars", where the Artemis missions will have astronauts back on the moon again in the next 3-4 years and then on to Mars. Some of our Spring Grove Area School District students will be part of that process!

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Spring Grove Rockets
Wall of FAME

Spring Grove Area Middle School Places First in Target Altitude and Second in Deployable Payload at the Battle of the Rockets! 4/6/25

SPring Grove Middle School Places Second in the Country at The American Rocketry Challenge!

SPRING GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is NASA Student launch altitude champions! Makes history with spot on 4500ft launch in Huntsville (2023)!

Battle of the Rockets 2022 and 2019 Mars Rover event Champions!

High school TARC team places 25th in the country!

Battle of the rockets 2019 target altitude champions!

9th place in TARC 2019!

Rutters Selects Spring Grove Rocketry team as supported charity

TARC practice launches

R&K Sub Sale to benefit the Rocketry Team

First TARC launch of 2020!

Apophis flies for the first time

Team Olympus prepares for the first full scale flight of Apophis

3D Printed fin can completed for NASA SLI

New patches have arrived and are available for sale

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Slow motion video of award winning flight from Huntsville, AL 2015

Award Winning Huntsville Flight 2015, regular speed

Spring Grove Rockets​ Wall of FAME

Spring Grove Area Middle School Places First in Target Altitude and Second in Deployable Payload at the Battle of the Rockets! 4/6/25

SPring Grove Middle School Places Second in the Country at The American Rocketry Challenge!

SPRING GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is NASA Student launch altitude champions! Makes history with spot on 4500ft launch in Huntsville (2023)!

Battle of the Rockets 2022 and 2019 Mars Rover event Champions!

High school TARC team places 25th in the country!

Battle of the rockets 2019 target altitude champions!

9th place in TARC 2019!

Archives

Slow motion video of award winning flight from Huntsville, AL 2015

Award Winning Huntsville Flight 2015, regular speed

Spring Grove Rockets
Wall of FAME