Projects we support

Since May 1995 there has been rockets launched from the shoreline of Lake Michigan at Sheboygan, Wisconsin and some of those missiles were classified by NASA as being sub orbital flights making the area of the Sheboygan harbor a Space Port. It was designated as such by the Florida Spaceport Authority, so on the day of the rocket launch, the area is designated Spaceport Wisconsin. The Rockets for Schools program has been organized to instruct Students of grades 5-12 in the disciplines of rocket design operation. The students build their own rockets and bring them to Sheboygan on the two days of the exposition. Friday is taken up with instruction and briefing on the part that each student would take in Saturday's launch schedule. Some were assigned as controllers in Mission Control, some were assigned to the Recovery Team and Range Safety Team. Our participation was and is to help where we can as an organization. We have helped with the program since its inception, and have had a booth at the exposition every year of the program. I would be remiss if I were not to tell you of the feature launch of the program, which was the launch of the LOKI sub-orbital rocket that was launched on Saturday afternoon. It is a NASA sounding rocket that would attain an altitude of fifty (50) miles. Upon firing the missile would be out of sight in a matter of seconds, Bang, Whoosh, and all you see is a streak of smoke trail against the deep blue sky.