DTH Rocket Endeavors Blog  DTH Rocket Blog PostsLatest Posts2012-05-22 - SpaceX COTS 2 Demonstration Flight Now In Orbit The launch of the Dragon capsule this morning was a success, and it is now in orbit in pursuit of the International Space Station. It was an exciting moment for all at the SpaceX facility, and cheers could be heard at every step from ignition to solar array deployment. I was excited too, and stayed awake until 3:00 am to see the launch. I am looking forward to future SpaceX successes, and... [Read More] 2012-05-19 - SpaceX Test Launch, Abort This morning at 4:55 am EDT, SpaceX attempted to launch its Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on a mission to dock with the International Space Station. There was only a one second window so there wasn't any margin for error. Unfortunately, upon ignition one of the engines failed to perform up to specifications and the ignition sequence was shut down. In their Twitter feed it was reported,... [Read More] 2012-05-18 - Mach 2 One of my goals this summer is to break Mach 2. When I got back from school earlier this May, I started work on a new rocket that should be up to the job. It's a 38mm minimum diameter rocket made of hand-laid fiberglass in my very own composites lab. Rocksim predicts a top speed of Mach 2.3 on a 6G Cesaroni J360. It is an exercise in space/weight efficiency, construction techniques, and... [Read More] 2012-05-17 - WSGC Regional Rocket Competition Launch I don't remember which school did this rocket, but it crashed down maybe 30 feet from me. It was scary! Our own rocket never launched that day. It was horrible weather and things kept breaking or not working. [Read More] 2012-05-16 - USLI -- Launch and Reflections Where I last left off, I was in Huntsville, Alabama with the Iowa State USLI team. The launch had been postponed to Sunday, which was pretty disappointing because it meant we were going to have to leave early in order to get back to Iowa in time. We woke up on Sunday at 4:30 to check out of our hotel and drive to the launch site. We were one of the first teams there, and got started prepping the... [Read More]
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