Photos: SARA rocket launch
Southern Arizona Rocketry Association 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013, on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Tucson International Modelplex Park Association .
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Brendan Anderson, 8, right, can hardly contain his delight as he holds his ears against the noise of rocket launches at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3250 N. Reservation Road at the Tucson International Modelplex Park Association in Tucson. At right is family friend Jenna Claver. The families of Claver and Anderson attended the event together.
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A large rocket lifts off streaming an impressive plume of smoke and fire at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3250 N. Reservation Road at the Tucson International Modelplex Park Association in Tucson, AZ. The dramatic effect is due to titanium added to the ammonium perchlorate fuel used to drive these large rockets.
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Small tetrahedron-shaped rockets with numbers on them were launched from a platform on saw horses for the kids to gather upon landing and exchange for prizes at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3250 N. Reservation Road at the Tucson International Modelplex Park Association.
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Members of the Arizona Rocketry Team move a 12 foot tall rocket towards the launching area at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch. The rocket, a custom made upscale of the popular Estes mosquito rocket kit, was not launched on Saturday as the winds kicked up. The team plans to launch it on Sunday morning before it gets too windy.
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Children scramble after small tetrahedron-shaped rockets with numbers on them to exchange for prizes at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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Three-year-old Hyrum Mamanakis, right, who got beat out in the scramble for prizes, accepts a-shaped rocket from his brother Ethan Mamanakis to exchange for prizes at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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Rocketry is a family affair as Joe Corrado, left, shows son Logan Corrado, 7 where he installed the igniter on their rocket at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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Rockets of various shapes, sizes and colors were launched in succession at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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A replica of the mighty Apollo Saturn 5 Moon rocket lifts off at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013.
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A parachute softly lands a Crayola Crayon design rocket at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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Small black powder powered rockets launched from a table at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013 on Saturday, March 23, 2013.
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Members of the Arizona Rocketry Team move a 25 foot tall rocket towards the launching area at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013.
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Parachutes support the pieces of a 25 foot tall rocket launched by the Arizona Rocketry Team in its descent from a4500 feet flight at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) 9th annual winter rocket launch, Desert Heat 2013. The flight was designed to have limited altitude so the attendees could see the opening and descent processes clearly according to member Roy Polmanteer.
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