USA: TEENAGERS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES GATHER TO COMPETE WITH HOMEMADE ROCKETS

Record ID: 337964

  • Title: USA: TEENAGERS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES GATHER TO COMPETE WITH HOMEMADE ROCKETS
  • Date: 22nd May 2005
  • Summary: (W1) THE PLAINS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 21, 2005)(REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF ROCKETS TAKING OFF 2. PEOPLE WATCHING ROCKETS 3. ROCKET LANDING BY PARACHUTE 4. STUDENTS PICKING OUT EGGS FOR ROCKET LAUNCH 5. STUDENTS SETTING UP ROCKET 6. EGGS INSIDE ROCKET 7. STUDENTS SETTING UP ROCKET 8. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) CASSIOPE, STUDENT, DENVER COLORADO, SAYING: "I don't remember a time in my life where I didn't want to be an astronaut. From two years old on, so when I found out we were going to start doing this, we were in the competition two years ago, I was on the bandwagon immediately, very happy." 9. GIRLS DRESSED UP FOR LAUNCH 10. JUDGES TIMING LAUNCH 11. STUDENT PULLING BROKEN EGG OUT OF ROCKET 12. STUDENT SETTING UP ROCKET 13. ROCKETS LAUNCHING 14. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) DAVID, STUDENT, MADISON WISCONSIN, SAYING: "I've always thought that science would be kind of an interesting field to go into, but this is the first time I've ever been able to design something, take part in the design of something, and then experience how it works out in reality." 15. JUDGE WATCHING ROCKET; ROCKET LANDING BY PARACHUTE 2.20 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: THE PLAINS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVALEQ7U04594MUUD7SCGQBRGM6
  • Story Text: Teenagers from all over the United State gathered in
    Virginia to compete with their homemade rockets.

    It is rocket science, a team of students from
    Farmington, Minnesota took the Team America Rocketry
    Challenge crown on Saturday (May 21, 2005), attaining a nearly
    perfect score to beat 99 other teams.

    The team launched its rocket and had it safely return
    to earth in 59.9 seconds, just 1/100 of a second from the
    target of 60. It also returned the payload of two raw eggs
    safely with no cracks.

    More than 500 middle and high school students from 27
    states converged upon Great Meadow, in Virginia, a
    picturesque steeplechase racecourse outside Washington D.C.

    to vie for the title.

    The third installation of the annual contest included a
    total prize of $60,000 (USD) in savings bonds and cash.

    Almost 10,000 students on 712 teams participated in
    regional competition all over the country.

    The annual event is intended to stimulate interest in
    rocket science among high school students.


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