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Photo by Eric Engman
A rocket blasts off during the launch of the rockets for the University of Alaska Museum of the North Advanced Rocket Science Program for kids Saturday morning, March 29, 2008 off of Steele Creek Road. More than a dozen rockets, mostly two-stage but some three-stage, shot into the air and climbed to 1,000 feet or more before deploying parachutes and swirling back to the ground. All the rockets carried battery-powered altimeters, with one large vessel toting a digital video camera for a birds-eye view of the launch. Results, photographs, and video of past year's launches, as well as this year's launch as soon as it is updated, can be viewed at www.uaf.edu/museum/educate/rockets.
