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So welcome to the NSROC.

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This is where we make all

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the parts that go into

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a sounding rocket.

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Inside each sounding rocket,

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there's approximately

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150 parts

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that are

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custom made for

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each specific

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sounding rocket.

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We'll get the solid model

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and what we do is

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make a wireframe of it,

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apply a toolpath to it,

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and this is essentially kind of

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like a rough idea

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of what the machine

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is going to actually do.

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We use forged metal

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for the skin material.

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The skin

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is the outside of the rocket

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which you see.

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The standard size of 14, 17

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and 22 inches.

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In each payload, there's

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probably 2 to 3

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miles worth

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of wiring

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inside of each payload.

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So this is a crush bumper.

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So this here, for payloads

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that we retrieve,

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this was from

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White Sands, New Mexico.

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The crush bumper protects

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the telescope that’s

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underneath the shutter door.

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This is Ground Station One.

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This is where we start

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to put all of our

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equipment together,

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mechanically and electrically.

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This rocket,

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once it launches will

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separate in half.

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The front piece will go on

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doing its own thing.

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This will go into a flat spin.

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It's basically two rockets

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all packaged into one.

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That's actually the front,

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but they're,

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And all the problems

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have that square section in the middle

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that's there in the front there.

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That's, more experiments.

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In front of that

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is going to be the nosecone.

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We'll get to the back of that.

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There's another great band

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you can kind of see from there.

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That's an antenna.

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Then it'll joint up back here

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and continue on.

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And then

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this is the rest of the rocket's,

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So at any given time,

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we are running, parts off of 10

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to 12 different missions,

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at various stages, various times.

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It's supported by two

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other smaller rockets that launch for it.

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About ten minutes

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before we have so much thought.

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How does that something

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there, there are two chemical rockets

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beforehand that we'll put TMA

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into the air.

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And, this will,

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launch about ten minutes after.

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And that TMA helps

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the scientists

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with their instruments determine,

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more of

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what they're looking for.

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It's everything supports this,

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this rocket.

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Oh.

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We can.

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The mess down.

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It keeps the noise down.

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Is there?

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Oh, sorry.

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So if you if you

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you can cut it

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without the water over the nozzle.

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But it keeps the sound down.

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It keeps the noise down

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and it prevents it

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from spraying everywhere.

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You know, it's cutting

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when the bubbles come up from underneath.

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Yep.

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Not a problem.

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Here's the same problem.

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Just wanted to look cool.

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So this tube

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right here,

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you'll see it coming through up there.

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But it's

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like flew from that

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big hopper back there.

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And you can come around to

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if you want and and sorry for sure.

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And then it gets really crazy.

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There's hopefully

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hopefully we can get it

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shared all the way around.

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Sand starts in here

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and it pressure

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around too much down here.

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And then those are my bags of sand.

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They weigh 55 pounds each.

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I heard that somebody was pulling.

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Out you.

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Oh. Lose the.

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It looks like the official.

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This is an old Max water. Is it?

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This one's, 55, 100,

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and the other one is an 80.

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This here is a test rack of,

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different types

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of equipment for electrical testing.

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Looking at our transmitters, signals

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coming off of the rocket,

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recording data.

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This this is our ground

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station support wall over here.

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This is, a data

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system for viewing,

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monitoring all the data

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that's coming off of this payload.

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I can see all my batteries, my voltages,

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my currents,

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status monitors

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of different elements of the rocket.

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If something's deployed,

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if something's stowed,

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as you see, there's multiple sections.

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A lot of this

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is going to separate in flight.

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So I have monitors,

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requires switches that will,

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tell me when that happens

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to this machine here.

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Working with all of these,

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different screens

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is how I'm watching the rocket's data

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in real time, as it's

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flying through the air.

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And I'll be calling out

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all the different events that will be,

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at once, a little subsection,

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try to do an overview of everything,

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on the screen.

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Everything's color coded.

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So when things are off or in different,

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not launch positions,

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it'll be yellow, orange, red

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in its launch configuration.

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It's all green.

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That's.

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You've probably heard the term

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a NASA green board.

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This entire system will go green

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when I'm ready to call.

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Go for launch.

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Includes

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your voltages,

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your currents, temperatures.

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Any sort of housekeeping monitors,

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magnetometer, accelerometers.

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All of this will be,

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a green color

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in its launch configuration.

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Once it starts flying through the air,

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you'll see different colors

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appear, signaling

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that events have happened or maybe,

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temperatures are getting a little hot.

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And all sorts of things

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coming off of the vehicle's

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status and health.

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On this rack over here.

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This controls the payload.

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So we'll have

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power supplies,

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switches, all of this set up here.

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This laptop

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can put this rocket

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into its launch configuration.

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It'll turn it on an external power.

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We do broadcasting events.

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Prior to launch.

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This is, what?

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They'll be in

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the blockhouse in our in our, section

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next to the launch pad,

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controlling the rocket

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until we switch it over

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to put fingerprints on the glass

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and the rockets.

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Let's see.