The 2005 Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) is underway. Milton Academy students are again taking part; this is the third annual national TARC event. Students will design, build, and fly a one - or two - stage model rocket (less than 3.3 pounds liftoff weight, 125 grams propellant in NAR-certified model rocket motors) that takes one or two raw eggs and on-board timers for a flight with duration of 60 seconds. Of course, the rocket must fly safely and the eggs must return undamaged!

On Saturday, October 23, Ryan Sebastian (II), Reshmi Paul (II), Rueben Banalagay (III), Yoo-Na Kim (III), Charles Johnson (III), and Chae Yeong Yoo (III) made their first launch attempts.

Team America Rocketry Challenge 2005's target flight duration of 60 seconds is measured from the moment of rocket liftoff until the egg payload lands. The top 100 teams from among all those who have entered will meet in a final fly-off competition on May 21, 2005 at Great Meadow, The Plains, Virginia. These top 100 teams will be selected based on the duration scores reported from local qualification flights that they conduct in front of an NAR Senior member observer at their choice of time up until the flight deadline of April 10, 2005.

Click here to learn more about the 2005 Team America Rocketry Challenge.