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Last weekend for TARC qualifying launches!

3/31/2017

After 6 long months of designing, building, launching, building again and making dozens of cold practice flights it is the last weekend to make and submit queslifying flights. Good luck to all teams!

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Team jackets with new patches!

3/30/2017

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The new pataches have been added to the team jackets for SLI. All team members will be wearing these for launch week and other occasions this spring.

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Rockets Trident and Triton painted and ready for launch

3/29/2017

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Our two full scale rockets, Trident and Triton are painted and awaiting decals. Combined, the rockets have flown 7 total flights successfully. Altitudes have ranged from 5900ft without payload to 5233ft with payload. Can't wait for Huntsville!

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We would like to thank all of our sponsors...

3/28/2017

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The NASA SLI team has a yearly budget of over $20,000 and we would like to thank all of our sponsors that have helped us to achieve our goals. The program is not sponsored by the school district, but is independently funded by grants, donations, sponsorships and fund raisers. Please visit our sponsors page and you can click on every image to go directly to their website. Thank you!

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Last week to qualify for TARC 2017

3/27/2017

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This is the last week to qualify for TARC 2017. Get out there and launch! The National finals are in May and the top 100 teams will be invited to attend. You need two qualification scores minimum.

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Nose cones painted and ready!

3/26/2017

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The nose cones are painted and ready for our two NASA SLI rockets, Trident and Triton. Body tubes have one more coat before we apply decals of our sponsors! One week to go until we leave for Huntsville!

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TARC flight of 775ft

3/24/2017

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Yesterday we were launching TARC flights and recorded a perfect altitude score of 775ft. A perfect altitude score is just amazing. Congratulations team!

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Physics Olympics team Second Overall

3/23/2017

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Dallastown Area High School hosts a regional Physics Olympics event that includes 10 different physics related events. The competition is open to all of the schools in York County. This year it was the 25th annual competition. Two Spring Grove teams competed and one, Brian's Brains, was second overall at the end of the competition out of 18 teams.

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New team photos

3/22/2017

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It always seems like someone is absent when it comes time to take a whole team photo. On Monday, we had our FRR oral presentation and the whole team was together, so it was an excellent opportunity to take a group photo. Most people also don't realize that we are the Spring Grove Rockets. When the rocket is your mascot, what better way to show it than to build and launch them.

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FRR oral presentation

3/21/2017

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The oral Flight Readiness Review was conducted yesterday via video conference with NASA reviewers. Flight data, project updates, rocket specifications and other details were included in the presentation. A question and answer session followed. We are clear for launch on April 8, 2017. Launches will be broadcast live via NASA's Ustream channel.

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On- board video of Trident

3/20/2017

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Here is a video on-board Trident, the rocket that flew to 5233ft on March 11. The team is currently preparing for the FRR oral presentation and then will be preparing for their trip to Huntsville, AL for flight week.

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Team Triton flies to 5233ft!

3/17/2017

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Every year, when the SLI team starts to design the full scale rocket, the goal is to get as close to the 1 mile mark as possible. This past Saturday, the Trident rocket reached a height of 5233ft of its last flight before traveling to Huntsville, AL. We are very please with this result after 7 successful test flights with our two rockets (Trident and Triton). On to Huntsville!

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Take a ride on a rocket

3/16/2017

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Here is on-board video of the Mamba flight from this past weekend. Enjoy!

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The Black Mamba flies again!

3/13/2017

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Originally built in 2013/14 for the Spring Grove SLI team, the Black Mamba has flown 13 times since. At 6" in diameter and roughly 10 feet long the Black Mamba is the second largest in our fleet. On the pad it is close to 35lbs. Over those launches, a variety of motors have been flown. This time it flew on an Aerotech K1499 Warp 9 motor to a height of just over 1200ft. The one grain 75mm propellant burns out in about .7s. Beautiful flight!

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Throwback Thursday - National Altitude Champions

3/9/2017

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At 5291ft, the 2015 SLI team was only 11ft from the target altitude of 5280ft. That feat was better than any high school or university team. The payload measured the affect of varying porthole size on the altitude read by the altimeters in the payload. It was a very proud day for the Rocket Scientists!