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News Archive:

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Nov. 16-18, 2012: Club Trip to Red Glare 13, MDRA, Price, MD

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Nov. 9-11, 2012: Club Trip to TRA Central VA, Culpeper, VA

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Oct. 20, 2012: Club particpation in Norfolk's Mini Maker Faire, Scope, Oct. 20, 10AM-5PM.

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Oct. 13, 14, 2012: Club Trip to NC Rocketry, Fall WELD, Bayboro, NC

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Oct. 7, 2012: Falcon 9, Dragon C3 launch, from Cape Canaveral, FL:

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Oct. 4, 2012: Delta 4, GPS 2F-3 launch, from Cape Canaveral, FL

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Sep. 22, 2012: Club Trip to NC Rocketry, Bayboro, NC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78604807@N00/sets/72157631608786659/

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Sep. 22, 2012: Talos-Terrier-Oriole launch, Wallops Island, VA

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Sep. 21, 2012: Terrier-Improved-Malemute launch, RockSat-X, Wallops Island, VA

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Aug. 31-Sep.3, 2012: National Event, two Saturn 1b launches (Eves and Hoag) at Airfest 18, Argonia, KS:

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Jul. 22, 2012: Club Trip to NASA IRVE III launch from Wallops Island, VA:

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Jul. 12 - 16, 2012: Club Trip to National Event - LDRS 31, Potter, NY.

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Jun. 28: Delta-4 Heavy, NROL-15, Cape Canaveral, FL

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Jun. 23, 2012: Club Trip to HOVAR, Burkeville, VA

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Jun. 21, 2012: Club Trip to see RockOn! 2012 student launch, Wallops Island, VA

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Jun. 9, 2012: Club Trip to NOVAAR, The Plains, VA

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May 26, 2012: Club Trip to HOVAR, Burkeville, VA

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May 22, 2012: Falcon 9, Dragon C2, from Cape Canaveral, FL:

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May 12, 2012: Club Trip to National Event - TARC Contest, The Plains, VA

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May 3, 2012: Atlas V, AEHF 2, Cape Canaveral, FL:

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Apr. 21, 22, 2012: National Event - NASA Student Launch Initiative (SLI), MSFC, Huntsville, AL

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Apr. 13 - 15, 2012: Club Trip to MDRA, Red Glare XII:

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Mar. 31, 2012: Club Trip to the Battle of the Rockets, Culpeper, VA:

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Mar. 24, 2012: Club Trip for Ed Rowe's ashes launch, Culpeper, VA, ~2PM

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Feb. 22, 2012: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral, FL

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Jan. 19, 2012: Delta IV, WGS4, from Cape Canaveral, FL

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Jan. 11, 2012: Sounding Rocket launch from Wallops, VA:

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Dec. 31, 2011 - End of Year Report:
Overall:
        Even though we had a reduced launch season we still had some good flight days and results.

New additions for this year:
        Contests (Thanks Bill Pleban!); Vendors on site (Thanks WildmanVA and Performance Hobbies); Rocket recovery tree climber (Thanks Erik Vedeler); PA system (NAR Grant funding); Added a new SEVRA Facebook group

New Certifications:
        Level 1: Tom Devlin; Bryce Shoup; John Hammonds; Doug Lucy; Phill Ash; David Portner
        Level 2: Pat Harden
        Level 3: Bill Pleban; Joe Zawodny

New Members:
        David Portner, Nick Sutton, Doug Lucy, Byrce Shoup, Neil Franklin

Number of launch days (NAR and TRA): 20

Number of motors fired: 657

Club Trips:
        Space Shuttle launches
        Battle of the Rockets, our sponsored team, FlyLaRC, won first place.
        Red Glare X and XI launches
        NASA University Student Launch Initiative (ULSI)
        Saturn 1B launches
        TARC contest
        Battle Park launch

Member Trips:
        Hill Air Force Base
        NASA KSC Visitor Center
        Fort Sill Museum, OK

Club Events:
        Rocket Recovery days
        Club Project - Launch Tower (TRA Grant funding)
        Holiday Dinner

Members lost:
        Ed Rowe (1953-2011)

New Challenge for Next Year:
        Find a new launch site.

Personal Records/Achievements:
        Nick DeBrita: 1/6 scale Mercury Redstone; Photo on front page of Rocketry magazine; Painted a rocket
        Randy Regan: 3104' altitude; 18 high power launches
        Joe Zawodny: 8686' altitude; Mach 1.29; First K motor at Fentress; Closest to the pad record; 17 high power launches
        Mike Verbeek : 22 high power launches

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Dec. 18: Club Holiday Dinner, Surf Rider, Cypress Point, VB, was held 5:00PM - 7:00PM. POC Jeff Goldstein (~30 people attended.)

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Dec. 10: Club Trip to TRA Central VA, Battle Park, VA:

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Nov. 26: Atlas V, Mars Science Lab (MSL), from KSC, FL:

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Nov. 18, 19, 20: Club Trip - National Event - Red Glare XI, Price, MD:

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Oct. 30, 2011: Ed Rowe passed away.

Ed Rowe, 1953-2011
http://www.mdrocketry.org/membership/edrowe/
http://battlepark.org/index.htm

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Oct. 25, 2011: Delta II launch, NPP, from Vandenberg AFB, CA

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Oct. 20, 2011: Soyuz launch from French Guiana

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Sep. 10, 2011: Delta II Heavy launch, GRAIL, from Cape Canaveral, FL:

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Aug. 5, 2011: 12:25 PM, Atlas V launch from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL:

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Jul. 30, 2011: National Event - ULA/Ball Intern rocket launch, Pueblo, CO:

Rocket LIneup.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuS07Jab97E

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Jul. 21, 2011, 5:56AM. Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, landed at KSC.

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Jul. 8, 2011. Club Trip to see the Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, launch (last flight), VIP Bus seats at KSC:

Picture by Joe Zawodny. Other pictures, Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmzawodny/sets/72157627211972208/show/

Pictures by Nick DeBrita, Link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/78604807@N00/sets/72157627182823332/
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Jun. 28, 2011. Minotaur 1 was launched from Wallops, VA:

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Jun. 10, 2011. NASA Aquarius/SAC-D launch from Vandenberg AFB, CA.
Delta 2, Aquarius/SAC-D from Vandenberg AFB, CA: Jun. 10
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/PhotoGallery/Photo_gallery.shtml

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aquarius/news/aquarius20110609.html

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Jun. 10, 2011:

A Terrier-Orion sounding rocket lifts off from Wallops Island, Va. June 10, 2011. Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility, WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. – The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket was successfully conducted at 7:16 a.m. EDT today from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch was to test several new rocket and spacecraft technologies.

Further information on this mission is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/SMARTfeature.html
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/thermal-control-tech.html
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Jun. 1, 2011: Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, lands at KSC.

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May 21, 2011. University student launches out of Wallops. See - http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/usli2011.html
10,000 foot flight with a payload and a water recovery.
UAH - http://www.biotech.uah.edu/news/newspages/campusnews.php?id=527
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May 16, 2011: Club Trip to see the Space Shuttle, STS-134 launch, VIP Bus seats, at KSC.

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May 14, 2011: Club participation in Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), Great Meadow, VA. ATC team competed in the contest:
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Apr. 17, 2011. Club Trip to see two Saturn IB launches, MDRA, Price, MD
Saturn 1B launch pictures
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Apr. 15 - 17, 2011. Club participation in NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI), Toney, AL.
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Apr. 8 - 10, 2011. Club Trip to Red Glare 10, MDRA, Price, MD: Red Glare 10 pictures
Bill Pleban passed his Level 3 flight on Apr. 10!
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Apr. 2, 2011: Club participation in the Battle of the Rockets, Culpeper, VA: Apr. 1 (practice), 2 (contest). AIAA Young Professional team, FlyLaRC, that SERVA helped mentor, won first place in the 2K', egg carrying, contest. Congratulations!
Battle of the Rockets, AIAA, FlyLaRC launch Preview
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Mar. 9, 2011: Space Shuttle, STS-133 landing

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Mar. 4, 2011: NASA Glory Launch, 5:09AM, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. Failed to reach orbit.

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Feb. 24, 2011: Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-133, launch

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Feb. 2011: A photo that Nick DeBrita captured was on the front cover of the Feb. Rockets magazine.
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Dec. 16, 2010: Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft launch from Kazakhstan

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Dec. 8, 2010: Falcon 9 launch, at Cape Canaveral. KSC Web link

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Nov. 6, 2010: Rocket-Ree event with ~250 Boy Scouts was held on Nov. 6, at Fentress Field, Chesapeake, VA. Space Shuttle Astronaut, and former Boy Scout, Col. Ken Cameron, and NAR President, Capt. Trip Barber, were the guest speakers!! 251 rockets were launched.

Col. Ken Cameron Capt. Trip Barber

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Oct. 22 - 24, 2010. Club Trip to MDRA Red Glare IX.

Pictures - Red Glare IX
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Aug. 14, 2010. Atlas V launched from Cape Canaveral, FL.

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Jul. 24, 2010. Club Cookout at Skips.

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Jul. 23, 2010. Sony - The Rocket Project from Black Rock Desert, NV was launched on Jul. 23, 2010.

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Jun. 24, 2010. University students, weeklong rocket workshop, RockOn 2010! at NASA Wallops, VA Jun. 19-24, with a Terrier launch on Jun. 24, 2010. Successful Launch!
http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story103.html

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Jun. 10-15, 2010. Member trip to LDRS 29, Lucerne Valley, CA.
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Jun. 15, 2010. Russian Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launch from Kazakhstan

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Jun. 4, 2010. Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral

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May 14, 2010. Last flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

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May 6, 2010. PA-1 was launched from NASA JSC, White Sands, NM at 9AM, May 6, 2010. Success!

PA-1 Launch Animation.mov
PA-1 Launch
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Apr. 16-18, 2010. SEVRA Club Trip to MDRA Red Glare VIII in Price, MD

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Apr. 5, 2010. The Space Shuttle was launched from KSC.

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Mar. 27, 2010. 10AM, student Cubesats were launched on a Terrier rocket from NASA Wallops, VA.

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Mar. 4, 2010. GOES-P on a Delta IV launch from Cape Canaveral.

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Feb. 11, 2010. NASA SDO on a Atlas V was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL.

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Dec. 12, 2009. Club Trip to Battle Park, Culpepper, VA.
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Nov. 21, 2009. SEVRA Tripoli East Virginia launch at Fentress Field, Chesapeake, VA. This was a TRA EX launch. TRA rules were followed. A TRA EX meeting was held at 10:00AM for discussion of the By-Laws, application, and dues. This was the re-buildup of the SERVA Tripoli East Virginia Pefecture.
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Nov. 16, 2009. NASA launched Shuttle STS-129 launch from NASA KSC
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Nov. 13 - 15, 2009. Club Trip to Red Glare VII at MDRA in MD: Nov. 13-15
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Nov. 7, 2009. SEVRA Launch, Fentress Field, Chesapeake, VA.
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Oct. 28, 2009. NASA launched Ares I-X Oct. 28, 2009 from NASA KSC.

Ares I-X Animation,
Ares I-X Build-Up Video
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Oct. 3, 2009. SEVRA NAR Launch, Fentress Field, Chesapeake, VA
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Sep. 19, 2009. NASA Black Brant XII (4 stage) launch, on Sep. 19, ~7:30PM, from Wallops (VA)
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/CARE.html

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Aug. 17, 2009. NASA - IRVE II, Black Brant IX rocket, launched on Aug. 17, ~9AM from Wallops (VA) Black Brant launch Black Brant launch (1/2 speed)

[Black Brant IX rocket]
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Jul 20, 2009. NASA - 40th Anniversary of the first landing on the Moon on Jul. 20th.

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Jul. 8, 2009. NASA - MLAS launch

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Jul 2-5, 2009. Club Trip to LDRS 28

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Jun. 6, 2009. Panther Rocket - M powered rocket launch at Fentress Field

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Apr. 25, 2009. Club Trip to see Steve Eves launch his a 1/10 scale Saturn V at MDRA. Saturn V pictures

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