The mission
SpaceAero documents a multi-year journey into model and high-power rocketry — from first kit builds to a scratch-designed vehicle carrying its own flight computer.
Every flight is a chance to measure something: altitude, acceleration, stability, recovery. The goal isn't just to launch, but to record the data, learn what it says, and share the whole process — successes and failures alike — so other students can skip the mistakes I make first.
The roadmap
Year 1 — Build & measure
A series of model rockets with onboard data logging, working toward NAR Level 1 and Level 2 certification flights.
Year 2 — Go bigger
One larger project: a scratch build with a recoverable payload, or a glider/drone platform for aerial data.
Compete
Targeting The American Rocketry Challenge (TARC) and NASA TechRise, flying with the local CENJARS club (NAR #698).
Build logs
Log 00 — Setting up SpaceAero
Kicking off the project: securing the domain, planning the first build, and deciding what flight data is worth capturing. First kit and motor selection coming next.
planning setupLog 01 — First build & sensor test flight
Assembly notes, weight and stability checks, and a low-altitude flight to test altimeter and accelerometer recovery.