MIT students launched Project Icarus; a low-cost high altitude platform for digital pictures using a weather balloon and helium.
They are releasing plans that detail how anyone can duplicate the project for about $150. No charge for the plans.
Their launch occurred on Sept 2, 2009 and achieved a height of 17.5 miles!
Have you ever thought about creating your own model rocket designs?
Used to be a pretty risky endeavor, but some new developments make it a lot more fun.
More on Model Rocket Designs here.
I don’t have any details about this video as I just ran across it, but the quality of the model rocket photography is excellent.
Here’s a cool slow motion video of a model rocket exploding. It runs in real-time first, then slow motion. The slow mo is interesting as you can really see what happens.
Here are dozens of rocket model launches for you: