2025 SATURDAY MEETINGS, 9:00-10:30 am. Lab time 10:30-11:00 am.
Dec 7 – Meeting 1, Intro to NASA rocket and balloon flights.
Dec 14 – Meeting 2, Layers of the Atmosphere; Dependent/Independent Variables.
Dec 21 – Meeting 3, Radiation, Temperature, Pressure; Choosing a project.
Dec 28 – Optional Meeting, work on amateur radio license practice.
Jan 4 – Meeting 4, Choose SR-9 rocket or balloon; Writing the Intent to Fly Document.
Jan 11 – Meeting 5, Ozone Layer, Ionosphere; Preparing the IFF.
Jan 18 – Optional Meeting, work on IFF or begin main proposal.
Jan 25 – Meeting 6, Rocket propulsion, Newton's Laws, Atmospheric Buoyancy.
Feb 1 – Meeting 7, Electromagnetic Spectrum, affect of atmosphere on energy wavelengths.
Feb 8 – Meeting 8, Effect of ionosphere on radio propagation.
Feb 15 – Optional Meeting, begin App. for Spaceflight (AFS). [CIS Intent to Fly opens]
Feb 22 – Optional Meeting, begin App. for Spaceflight (AFS).
Mar 1 – Meeting 9, Begin App. for Spaceflight (AFS); Mission Patch Design opens Mar 13.
Mar 8 – Meeting 10, Earth's Magnetosphere, Auroras, Radiation; Geomagnetic storms. [CIS Intent to Fly deadline]
Mar 15 – Meeting 11, Work on application. [CIS Mission Patch Contest opens]
Mar 22 – Meeting 12, Final work on application. [CIS Application for Spaceflight opens]
Mar 29 – Meeting 13, Work on radio license exam practice
Apr 5 – Meeting 14, Work on radio license exam practice.
Apr 12 – Meeting 15, Work on radio license exam practice [CIS Application for Spaceflight deadline]
Apr 19 – Optional, (Spring Break) Work on revisions to AFS; work on Mission Patch.
Apr 26 – Optional, (Spring Break) Revisions to AFS. [CIS Mission Patch deadline]
May 3 – Meeting 16, [CIS Spaceflight Selection Notifications]
May 10 – Meeting 17, Cube project building continues. [CIS Mission Readiness Review Video due]
May 17 – Meeting 18, Radio License Exam today. Cube project building continues.
May 24 – Optional, (Holiday weekend) Final cube assembly.
May 31 – Meeting 19, Prep RocketFest science fair display. [CIS SR-10 Rocket Cubes shipped ]
Jun 7 – Meeting 20, Prep for RocketFest, for those who plan to go. Prep for HamXposition.
June 14 – Optional, work on amateur radio license and HamX presentations.
June 21 – Optional, work on amateur radio license and HamX presentations.
June 26 (Thu) – SR-9 Rocket Launch from Wallops AF Base in Virginia (tentative).
June 28 – Optional, ARRL Radio Field Day at NEST. Join amateur radio activities all day.
Aug 9 – Optional, work on amateur radio license and HamX presentations.
Aug 16 – Optional, work on amateur radio license and HamX presentations.
Aug 23 – Northeast HamXposition, Youth Day. Presentations for Cubes in Space