Flying Before Walking: The CU Trailblazers – A Partnership Between NASA, Wisconsin, & Colorado Space Grant Consortia
Test Launch day
“Going in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…” The eight-foot tall rocket stood, motionless.
“… Come on Chungus.” the rocketeer murmured into the microphone.
With an ear-shattering roar, Chungus burst into the sky, 500 hundred feet, 1,000 feet, over 3,000 feet! A speck in the brilliant blue.
The team erupted, screaming wildly as the rocket flew.
“YES!” Reign Pagaran yelled, leaping into the air, held aloft, it seemed, by the joy of this moment. The Trailblazers did it, they flew before they walked.
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