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Welcome to the Schools and Education home in Rocket Corner. Over the coming weeks we will aim to bring you all the latest and best information and links to great rocketry supplies, articles and news for the educational science arena.

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Rocket Store Withdraws Support For UKAYROC

Posted on 02/02/2010

Following on from the decision by the United Kingdom Rocketry Association to withdraw all support for the UKAYROC contest, Rocket Store is also following their decision. From a commercial angle the UKAYROC contest (UK version of TARC) has faced so ...

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Black Knights October Meeting

Posted on 17/10/2009

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 18th October 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

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LCROSS Rocket Plunging into the Moons Surface

Posted on 08/10/2009

The NASA LCROSS project is almost complete and at 11am tomorrow a rocket will be fired from the shepherding vehicle into the surface of the moon. The shepherding vehicle will then plunge towards the surface analysing the debris thrown up by the rock ...

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New EDP Referral Scheme Launched

Posted on 03/10/2009

Today Rocket Store launch a new Educational Discount Program referral scheme. As a rocketeer you can get free rocket Store vouchers by just getting your local school to join our Educational Discount Program. Our EDP has proved to be a great success ...

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Educational Discount Program Updates

Posted on 02/10/2009

We have now been running the Educational Discount Program for a while. It was always thought that the program would change over time and evolve in order to best suit schools, the market and the industry. So version 2 of the program has now increa ...

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New UK Rocketry Forums

Posted on 29/09/2009

Rocket Store launches their new Rocketry Forum Centre. A primary goal of the new forum is to improve communication between Rocket Store and schools specifically with regard the UKAYROC contest, but also to cater for thousands of model rocketeers in ...

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UKAYROC Aerotech Motor Orders

Posted on 28/09/2009

This year the UKAYROC contest has some interesting changes, one of which is bringing down the maximum motor impulse from a G to an F motor. With the cost of an Aerotech F motor being only approx £9 compared to a cluster of Estes D motors costing £16 ...

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New MRC/UKRA Event

Posted on 19/09/2009

MRC & UKRA "October Sky" weekend event The event is being held on the 10th to the 11th of October 2009 at our Twycross 2 Flying Site (Camping available from Friday pm) ...

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EARS September Meeting

Posted on 02/09/2009

EARS will be hosting their September meeting this coming Sunday on the 12th. EARS is a premier rocket club in the UK and hosts one of the best meetings in the country. So if you haven't been before then why not visit the EARS club at Cambridge. ...

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EARS July Meeting

Posted on 10/07/2009

July EARS is on. EARS will be hosting their July meeting this coming Sunday on the 12th. It is possible and usual that the next meeting does not occur due to harvest so if you have something you want to fly then July meeting is the time. EARS is ...

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Black Knights June Meeting

Posted on 16/06/2009

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 21st June 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

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EARS June Meeting

Posted on 02/06/2009

EARS will be hosting their June meeting this coming Sunday on the 7th. It is possible and usual that the next couple of meetings dont occur due to harvest so if you have something you want to fly then June meeting is the time. EARS is a premier r ...

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US Rocketeers win against BATFE

Posted on 19/05/2009

For many years rocketeers in the US have been challenging the BATFE decision to class AP motors as an explosive. This regulation over the years has made it difficult for many flyers in the US to participate due to the costs of an LEUP (equivalent to ...

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Rocket Store Now On Twitter

Posted on 18/05/2009

Rocket Store have started tweeting. In an effort to keep our customers and followers informed of what we are up to, we have created a Rocket Store Twitter site. To keep up to date on our status, just try htt ...

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Black Knights April Meeting

Posted on 16/05/2009

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 18th May 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

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Are You Ready for Big EARS ?

Posted on 30/04/2009

Big Ears is almost here, the biggest and best meeting from EARS in Cambridge. This 2 day rocket feast starts on Friday 8th May, with flying on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May. Why not camp over and enjoy the whole weekend ! For more information ...

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Black Knights April Meeting

Posted on 16/04/2009

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 19th April 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

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UKAYRoC 2009 Winners

Posted on 08/04/2009

Congratulations to The Royal Liberty School in Romford the 2009 winners of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge. On April 2nd 2009 at Charterhouse School, Surrey, 20 teams from across the UK gathered for the final of the 2009 UK Aerospace You ...

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EARS April Meeting

Posted on 04/04/2009

EARS will be hosting their final meeting before the large BIG EARS event. So if you have a rocket that needs a final test flight this is your time. EARS is a premier rocket club in the UK and hosts one of the best meetings in the country. So if yo ...

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EARS March Meeting

Posted on 24/02/2009

The winter build season is over and the launches begin. EARS will be holding its first event of the year this Sunday, 1st March 2009. Rocket Store will be there with the normal mobile shop, however if there is something you must have and don't want ...

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Black Knights UKAYROC Meeting

Posted on 13/02/2009

Black Knights are having a meeting this Sunday on the 15h Feb to help UKAYROC teams perform their qualifying flights. Please see their website at www.blackknights.org.uk for more information. ...

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Last 3 weeks of Qualifying for UKAYROC

Posted on 10/02/2009

Time flies by fast and the time for qualifying flights is coming to an end. All qualifying flights for the UKAYROC competition have to be filed with Space Connections by midday on the 2nd March 2009. ...

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Rocket Store Launches Educational Discount Program

Posted on 22/01/2009

Rocket Store today officially launched its new Educational Discount Program. The EDP is currently only available to schools, colleges and universities, however it is possible it may be released to scouts and other groups in the future. This new p ...

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UKAYRoC Teams - URGENT - Get Your RCA Now

Posted on 30/12/2008

Schools who have designed rockets to use motors other than Estes, should apply for their RCA document as soon as possible. Although an explosives license is no longer required to purchase small quantities of AP motors, a Recipient Competent Author ...

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Happy Christmas from Rocket Store

Posted on 24/12/2008

Christmas Eve is our last day for a couple of days and we are looking forward to at least a little time off. 2008 has been an excellent year for Rocket Store and for hobby in general. We believe rockets are as popular as ever and still growing. ...

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Updated Apogee RockSim Files Posted

Posted on 26/11/2008

Updated RockSim-compatible .eng & .rse files for AeroTech and Kosdon-by-AeroTech (KBA) motors have been posted to the Resource Library under the "RockSim Motor Data" heading, on the Aerotech website cour ...

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New AP Shipping Service in UK

Posted on 12/11/2008

Rocket Store is very pleased to announce that we are now able to ship all explosives items via TNT courier within the UK. We believe we are the first and only rocket company granted access to this special service offered by TNT and therefore Rocket S ...

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New Proposed Motor Distribution Program from Rocket Store

Posted on 08/11/2008

Rocket Store is currently putting together a new Motor Distribution Program (MDP) and needs your help formulating the best package possible. The new MDP will take advantage of our soon to be announced AP Shipping Service. Our new AP Shipping Servi ...

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Rocket Corner Is Launched

Posted on 01/11/2008

For some time now, we have been thinking about setting up a UK Rocketry portal. During the current development of our new release of the Rocket Store site, we have come to realise more and more that this is the right thing to do. This allows us to se ...

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UKAYRoC Update

Posted on 30/10/2008

24 teams have now expressed an interest in the UKAYRoC challenge. UKAYRoC is the ultimate rocket challenge for year 7-11 school children. Launch an egg to 750 feet and return it safely to mother earth. Registration is open until 5th December 200 ...

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