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  • Rocket launch preparation. Technicians preparing several balloons for use in an amateur rocket launch. These helium-filled balloons will be used to lift a rocket on its launch platform to around 35,000 metres up. The rocket will then automatically launch, reaching a height of some 80 kilometres. This project is being done by JP Aerospace, an amateur rocketry organization which aims to place the first amateur object in orbit. Photographed in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA.
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  • Rocket launch preparation. Technicians preparing several balloons for use in an amateur rocket launch. These helium-filled balloons will be used to lift a rocket on its launch platform to around 35,000 metres up. The rocket will then automatically launch, reaching a height of some 80 kilometers. JP Aerospace, an amateur rocketry organization, which aims to place the first amateur object in orbit, is doing this project. Photographed in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_05_xs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_17_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Preparing for the launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_16_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_02_xs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch.. Amateur rocketeers adjusting their rocket before launch. As another rocket launches in the background. At the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_01_xs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. An amateur rocketeer eats his cereal while watching the launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_20_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_10_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_06_xs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_04_xs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_21_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Preparing for the launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_19_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Registering to prepare for the Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_13_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_12_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Launch of a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_09_nxs.jpg
  • Amateur rocket launch. Amateur rocketeers remotely launching a rocket during the annual Black Rock X amateur rocketry event in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, USA. This huge flat expanse of land is a popular launch site for large and powerful amateur rockets as it is far from civilization and has little natural animal or plant life.
    USA_SCI_RCKT_03_xs.jpg

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