* Astronomy

ULA intern rocket launch event

Starts at 9:30 a.m. near Pueblo, Colorado.

Hands-on learning will reach new heights when Colorado high school students and college interns from across the nation blast high-power rockets and payloads deep into the Colorado sky.
Now in its fourth year, the high-power rocket event involves more than 100 Colorado high school students and interns from United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., showcasing their collective ingenuity with the launch of six high-power rockets and 20 payloads on Saturday, July 30, from a launch site near Pueblo, Colo. The event will be highlighted by the launch of the largest rocket to be launched in Colorado, "The Future" - a 25-foot tall, 300-pound high-power rocket that will soar up to 10,000 feet into the air. The students also will launch the 17-foot Stars 'N' Stripes rocket, plus four other rockets. Launch preparations and on-pad viewing of the rockets begin at 9 a.m., and the 6 rockets will launch between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
Interns from both companies--representing the future of the aerospace industry--built the high-power rockets and a variety of multi-faceted payloads this summer as part of their experience at their respective companies. A major new addition to this year's effort has been the work of 14 teams from 11 Colorado high schools, labouring for months to develop payloads to launch on the rockets.
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