Discovery Cube and Boeing Team Up for 22nd Annual Rocket Launch Competition in Huntington Beach
April 23 2015 - 2:19PM
Business Wire
The sky’s the limit with hand-made bottle
rockets at the annual Rocket Launch on May 9, 2015
Discovery Cube Orange County and Boeing (NYSE: BA) are once
again teaming up to host the 22nd annual Rocket Launch on
May 9, 2015, at the Boeing Huntington Beach facility. This free,
family-friendly event will have imaginations soaring as young
engineers design and build their own bottle rockets to participate
in the annual competition, meet a real NASA astronaut, and have the
opportunity to win the grand prize of viewing an actual rocket
launch.
A guest launches his bottle rocket at the
annual Rocket Launch competition hosted by Discovery Cube and The
Boeing Company. This year's event will be held on May 9, 2015 at
the Boeing campus in Huntington Beach, California. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“Rocket Launch is a great event that allows kids to get excited
about science and learn about careers in engineering,” said Joe
Adams, CEO of Discovery Science Foundation. “It’s great to see the
next generation of engineers and innovators being inspired and
having fun in an educational environment.”
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 9, 2015 at
the Boeing facility, 5301 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach. Attendees
will be able to design, build and launch their own rockets created
from two-liter plastic soda bottles. Volunteers at an ‘Ask an
Engineer’ table will be available for professional guidance to
rocket creators. The hand-made rockets get launched into the sky by
using a blend of pressurized air and water for propulsion, and then
deploy a parachute as they fall back to Earth. The rocket with the
longest “hang time” wins the competition.
“Boeing is honored to co-host this great event that draws
thousands from our community each year to our campus,” said Rick
Baily, vice president, Boeing Test & Evaluation. “Kids and
adults have fun building and launching their own rockets, and
Boeing engineers and student volunteers have an opportunity to
share their experiences with the next generation of engineers,
scientists and future innovators.”
As an added bonus, Astronaut Dr. Yvonne Cagle, Colonel, U.S. Air
Force (retired) will be on hand to meet guests and discuss why
events like the Rocket Launch are important in promoting
science, technology, engineering and math proficiency to children
and families. Rocket Launch is a free event open to the public and
is sponsored by The Boeing Company, Scholarshare, Employers
Community Fund, United Launch Alliance, and George Westrom &
Family. Those wishing to participate in the Rocket Launch
competition must register online prior to the event. For more
information, visit discoverycube.org/rocketlaunch.
About Discovery Science Foundation:
The Discovery Science Foundation serves as the
program-development, marketing and fundraising arm for hands-on
science learning museums in Orange County and Los Angeles.
Established in 1989, the original non-profit Taco Bell Discovery
Science Center in Santa Ana, now renamed Discovery Cube Orange
County, presented by Taco Bell, continues to inspire and educate
millions of young minds through engaging science based programs and
exhibits. In 2012, the Center was named one of the ten “Most
Trusted Brands” in Orange County and in 2013 was awarded the
National Medal of Service from the Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
In November 2014, Discovery Cube Los Angeles, a second
not-for-profit museum offering an exhibit and program mix unique to
Los Angeles, opened in the Hansen Dam Recreational Area of the San
Fernando Valley. For more information, call (866) 552-CUBE (2823)
or visit discoverycube.org. Follow the Orange County and Los
Angeles campus on Twitter (@DiscoveryCubeOC and
@DiscoveryCubeLA).
About The Boeing Company:
A unit of The Boeing Company, Defense, Space & Security is
one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses
specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer
solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer
of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Defense, Space
& Security is a $31 billion business with 53,000 employees
worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.
About Dr. Yvonne Cagle:
Dr. Yvonne Cagle is a NASA Astronaut and Family Physician. In
2008, Dr. Cagle retired as a Colonel in the USAF where she served
as a Senior Flight Surgeon prior to her selection to the NASA
Astronaut Corp in 1996. In 2005, Dr. Cagle was assigned to the
NASA/ARC as the lead ARC Astronaut Science Liaison and Strategic
Relationships Manager for Google and other Silicon Valley
Programmatic Partnerships. Dr. Cagle's groundbreaking work is
preserving historic NASA space legacy data while, simultaneously,
galvanizing NASA's lead in global mapping, sustainable energies,
green initiatives, and disaster preparedness. Dr. Cagle is advisor
for the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program (CRuSR).
Currently Dr. Cagle is on faculty and serves as the NASA liaison
for exploration and space exponential technologies with Singularity
University.
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Discovery Science FoundationDan Nasitka – Manager,
Communications(714) 913-5018dnasitka@discoverycube.orgorThe Boeing
CompanyCheryl Sampson – Communications(714)
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