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January 26, 2008 Call to order / Welcome  Brian called to order our meeting at 10:15AM.  Five members were in attendance.  Old business RTF rockets: Russ Mozier made a donation to the Club of some Quest RTF kits. Brian... [More]

Congratulations go out to ROCK members Carl Campbell and Chris Heffron! Each successfully completed their High Power Level 1 certification at sister-section NEFAR on Saturday April 12th. Chris flew his newly acquired and gorgeously finished... [More]

The MSU Space Cowboys Middle School Launch Challenge is a contest for middle school students (6-8th grades) to design, build, test, and fly a rocket with a scientific payload to 800 ft. AGL. Emphasis will also be placed on two written papers that... [More]

Minutes of the R.O.C.K. Annual Business Meeting June 2, 2007 Rocketry of Orlando's Community Kids Call to order Brian Coyle called the meeting to order at 10:20AM. 9 members and officers were present. Officer Reports Treasurer... [More]

A January edition of the Seminole Chronicle features a two-page article about ROCK. The reporter, Whitney Hamrick, did a marvelous job capturing the whole experience of the club launch and the photographs are striking. The newspaper is... [More]

Russ Mozier set up a ROCK merchandise shop on cafe press for us to share our affiliation in style! So not only can you "wear your colors" but you can also support ROCK--Cafe Press will send a portion of merchanidse cost to us. Our shop... [More]

On Saturday April 5th 2008 ROCK Section #622 will hold a NAR sanctioned Open Meet. The meet will be held at our club's monthly launch at Little-Big-Econ State Forest on Country Road 426 in Oviedo. The meet will begin at 10 am and will continue... [More]

ROCK members attend 2007 Winter Nationals launch. Several ROCK Section members traveled to West Palm Beach in January for the annual TRA Winter Nationals launch. This event is hosted by the Florida Space modelling Association/Tripoli West Palm... [More]

The Tripoli Tampa Rocketry Association (TTRA) has a acquired a new field and is launching (with a waiver to 12,000') on the third Saturday of each month. The new field is located north of Plant City, approximately eight miles north of I-4. Maps... [More]

At the TARC finals on May 19, NAR and 4H announced a national partnership. The purpose of this alignment is to get more kids to fly rockets and form rocket clubs which will lead to more TARC teams, more people joining NAR and more kids becoming... [More]