We launched Christian’s rocket yesterday! It was excellent. Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah went out into Grandpa’s field with us to watch the launch, but we could not get the rocket motor to ignite. After everyone else left, Christian and I fiddled with it a little bit more and were about to give up too, when the thing finally ignited and took off. A flame stabbed out of the bottom of the tube and it took off like a …well, like a ROCKET. The thing whooshed up into the air until we could barely see it and the parachute deployed exactly like it was supposed to. Here are some of the pictures we took:
Grandpa Milo, Grandma Sarah, Lorena, Kelly, and Christian in the launch field
Christian with the rocket he assembled (the very first)
Kelly and Christian had to climb the fence to recover the rocket from where it descended in the neighbor’s field
Chistian shows where the rocket flame left ash on the launch pad