UKRA AGM
Submitted by UKRA on Sun, 15/08/2010 - 13:39.UKRA are delighted to announce that this year's AGM will be held at the Midland Rocketry Club's Midland Sky event on the 18th of September. The meeting will be held at MRC's Twycross 2 site - more details here: http://www.midlandrocketry.org.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=43447a85b2bc01592a...
MRC / UKRA Launch Event
Submitted by UKRA on Tue, 27/07/2010 - 10:06.Midland Rocketry are holding their second National event "Midland Sky" on the weekend of the 17th to the 19th of September 2010.
Location = Twycross 2 Flying Site.
Site Altitude is 4500 feet. We recommend that flights over 2000ft use dual-deployment. Single Deployment over 2000ft will be at the RSO discretion depending on the rockets construction, weight and parachute size.
Range Flying Times Sat 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (possible extension) Sun 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
http://www.midlandrocketry.org.uk/
Facilities
Camping available on-site
Rockets and Space at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey 10 & 11 July 2010
Submitted by Mark Perman on Fri, 11/06/2010 - 16:00.Hi all
This will be the third year for this event and there are plenty of Rocketry bits and pieces on display in the exhibition along with additional items brought out specially for the event (A rare chance to see these not often seen items) The museum has excellent displays on the history and manufacture of Gunpowder and more recent explosives.
Competition for A level students to work with NASA
Submitted by Cath Bashford on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 14:51.NESTA are giving two students the chance to win the trip of a lifetime, joining NASA to look for life at the edge of space.
As part of their education programme NESTA is offering two A-level students the opportunity to take part in a research trip to NASA and the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA.
Form more information visit the competition site at http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/education/nasa
New Rocketry Book.
Submitted by UKRA on Fri, 23/04/2010 - 08:09.Scottish rocketeer Rick Newlands has published a book entitled 'Rocket Science and Spaceflight for Young Rocketeers'.
It's a family book: the first half of the book can be understood by a smart 12 year old, whilst the second half is a bit more technical, and is aimed at readers from 14 to adult, so use it to brush up on your rocket science!
Britain to launch executive space agency
Submitted by UKRA on Tue, 23/03/2010 - 10:21.
The UK will formally launch its new space agency on Tuesday.
The nation has been alone among the major industrialised nations in not having an executive body to direct its activities beyond the Earth's surface.
The new organisation is expected to take control of the money spent on space by government departments and science funding agencies.
It will also represent the UK in all its dealings with international partners.
