Congratulations to the 2009 Team America Rocketry Challenge Winners!

A team from Madison West High School in Madison, Wis., took first place at the Seventh Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) Saturday, May 16, taking on the title of national champion. The team, one of three from Madison West High School, logged the winning score of 20.54. The team won an opportunity to fly against the champions of UKayRoC in the Second Annual Transatlantic Rocket Fly-Off.

Madison West Team Tours Paris Air Show

The winning Team America Rocketry Challenge squad from Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin arrived in Paris Thursday, June 18, along with the winning team from the UK. Check out the Madison West team blog, which chronicles the trip from the students’ perspective. The students’ highlight of the show was a visit to the U.S. Corral, where they interacted with the aircraft and air crews and watched the flying demonstrations.

Rules for 2010 Contest Released

Registration Opens on Wednesday, September 2nd!

The rules for TARC 2010 offer a new kind of challenge to the student teams, forcing even teams that may have entered TARC previously to go "back to the drawing board" and learn some new rocketry skills. While the flight goal remains flying an egg to a precise altitude (825 feet this year) and duration, the teams this year will be required to use a completely different type of recovery device to return the egg and altimeter: a streamer rather than a parachute. The techniques for achieving the duration goal with a streamer are quite different; it's harder, and it will put a new emphasis on protecting the fragile egg payload.