Blastoff! Hobby Groups Take Model Rocketry to New Heights

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Blastoff! Hobby Groups Take Model Rocketry to New Heights
Southern Arizona Rocketry Association member Dan Pate holds the high-powered model rocket he built during a test launch in Marana, Ariz., on July 14, 2024. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
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MARANA, Ariz.—The sky was a magnificent blue and spectator anticipation was high as Jeff Black prepared to launch his high-powered model rocket in the Arizona desert.

Even from a safe distance, the rocket looked like a giant matchstick—a red nose cone with a white body tube and black stabilizer fins. Then, a split second after the final countdown—whoosh! There was lift-off.

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