H.S. students to launch rockets near Fredericksburg May 1-3

The public is invited to watch as students from high schools across the area gather near Fredericksburg and Stonewall on May 1-3 to launch as many as 60 rockets they designed and built for the SystemsGoSTEM education program.

The public is welcome and admitted free, but will be required to register in advance and sign a waiver acknowledging that they are entering a test site on undeveloped ranch land with launching of student-built sounding rockets.

Limited facilities and amenities will be available, and traffic access will be controlled to accommodate launch and recovery.

Launches follow no fixed schedule.  Rockets will go up only during daylight hours, in the order they are certified prepared for launch and recovery.

Complete details, waiver links, livestream links, and maps to sites are posted at www.systemsgo.org.

Rockets2025 is the annual culminating event for the SystemsGo program, in which high school students design, build, and launch rockets designed to loft a one-pound play load one mile high, or exceed the speed of sound.  The program was developed at Fredericksburg High School and is now active in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Abu Dhabi, UAE.  Former students have gone on to leadership roles at universities, government programs, and private industries.