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Spaceport Rocketry Association formed in 1973 (originally named Orange Rocketeers) to promote rocketry activities in Orange County , Florida . We changed our name in 1991 to reflect our growing membership base in Central Florida (between 50 and 75 members annually).

Spaceport Rocketry Association 30th Anniversary Cake

with 30 Candle-Rocs

Courtesy of Steve Pollak

Spaceport Rocketry Association

LPR and HPR static displays at the Vero Beach airshow (February 2008)

SRA and NEFAR members launch 1/6 scale Explorer 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Station to commemorate 50th anniversary (January 2008)

Spaceport Rocketry Association provides rocketry instruction, displays and launches for Gifford Middle School in Vero (November 2007)

Spaceport Rocketry Association hosts FIT and ERAU project launches (April 2007)

Spaceport Rocketry Association supports Space Visions Congress 2007 with a static display and "build and take" (April 2007)

Spaceport Rocketry Association conducts demo launch for the students of the local SEARCH mentor program (May 2006)

Spaceport Rocketry Association featured in Florida Today article (March 2006)

LPR and HPR displays at the Vero Beach airshow (March 2006)

Spaceport Rocketry Association hosts ERAU project launches (December 2005)

Demonstration launches and static display at the St Lucie County Wings and Wheels 2005 (May 2005)

LPR and HPR displays at the Vero Beach airshow (March 2005)

Devine Mercy children's displays, lectures and demos (February 2005)

Supported NASA Safety Day at KSC in 2004 with two HPR displays

Supported several Florida teams during the Team America Rocketry Challenge in 2003 (2 teams qualified for National Finals)

Supported the Patrick AFB Open House with displays and HPR launches in 2003

Supported NASA Safety Day at KSC in 2003 with HPR displays

Supported the Leesburg Public Library with a display, educational class on rocketry and a build and take with an opportunity for each child to launch their rocket.

Celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2003

Supported several Florida teams during the Team America Rocketry Challenge in 2002 (3 teams qualified for National Finals)

Supported the Patrick AFB Open House with displays and HPR launches in 1999 and 2001

Performed a 1997 model rocket launch demo for the Lockheed Martin Company Picnic (our sixth time performing a demo at their company picnic!)

Performed a 1997 model rocket launch demo at Titusville's Space Park commemorating the 30th anniversary of the first Saturn V launch vehicle test

Performed a 1996 model rocket launch demo at Titusville's Space Park commemorating the Mercury Astronauts with special guest astronauts Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper

Assisted with the launch preparations for the 1996 Spaceweek Explorer, a 14.5 foot tall, 11 inch diameter rocket designed for show use at Central Florida Theme Park Attractions

Performed a model rocket launch demo at the KSC Visitor's Center in January 1996, which was taped for the SCI-FI channel's TV Show "SPACE"

Helped University High School build its Launch Control Center, a 12 position launch control system in a renovated school bus

Assisted Orlando's University High School with their 1994 Shuttle Explorer Launch with Astronaut Robert Crippen as guest launching officer, the 1995 Shuttle Launch with KSC Launch Control Officer Bob Sieck as guest launching officer, and a special space tribute launch of the Shuttle Explorer at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center during Spaceweek 1995

Performed three 1992 International Space Year launch demonstration events

Received national recognition for our 1991 30th Anniversary Mercury-Redstone Commemoration Launch with Astronaut Alan Shepard as the guest launching officer

Assisted with the 1992 World Space Modeling Championships (WSMC) held in Brevard County

Hosted the national model rocketry championships (NARAM) (as the Orange Rocketeers) held at Orlando in 1975 and at Kissimmee in 1982

Performed launch demonstrations at the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, the Visitor's Center at KSC, the John Young Science Center in Orlando, and many Central Florida area public schools

 

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