A rocket takes flight at Maricopa Wells Middle School during the Maricopa Rocket Challenge. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

A group of Maricopa Wells Middle School students took over the recreation field for Friday morning to try out their handmade rockets for the second Maricopa Rocket Challenge.

The event is put together by General Dynamics and Superstition Spacemodeling Society with MWMS instructors. The rockets’ time in the air was measured from liftoff at the launch pad to hitting the ground.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel Hendrickson
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Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.
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