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Total Students
2,609
Total Launches
683
Eggs Survived
418 61.2%
Rockets Survived
536 78.5%
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Hopi Rocketry Challenge
Welcome to the Hopi Rocketry Challenge web site! This web site is dedicated to rocketry activities at Hopi Elementary School, Ingleside Middle School, and Arcadia High School. You will also find lots of information about model rocketry, astronomy, and NASA. Each month there will be a new original article related to the exploration of space courtesy of the scientists at NASA. So enjoy our adventures in rocketry, and let us know what you think of our activities and web site!
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Discover the cosmos!
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. .
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Jupiter is more than twice as massive than the other planets of our solar system combined. The giant planet's Great Red spot is a centuries-old storm bigger than Earth.
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Big Science in Small Packages
About 250 miles overhead, a satellite the size of a loaf of bread flies in orbit. It's one of hundreds of so-called CubeSats - spacecraft that come in relatively inexpensive and compact packages - that have launched over the years. So far, most CubeSats have been commercial satellites, student projects, or technology demonstrations. But this one, dubbed MinXSS ("minks") is NASA's first CubeSat with a bona fide science mission.
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