Sixteen cadets in the New Jersey Wing’s Twin Pine Composite Squadron earned their Civil Air Patrol Model Rocketry badge Dec. 1 after studying rocket history and logistics and then applying their lessons in the field with successful launches.
Working under the direction of the squadron’s aerospace education officer, Mary Lancellotti, the cadets completed the rocketry program’s three phases
Redstone,covering the history of rocketry and its notable pioneers, Robbert Goddard and Wernher von Braun.
Titan, addressing physical laws applying objects on Earth, within the air, and in space.
Saturn, delving into trigonometry, the math behind rocketry, used to track altitude, and also examining the physics of thrust.
Completing the respective stages required the cadets to pass a 20-question open-book test and launching two rockets per stage:
Redstone — Fizzy Flyer and Goddard Rocket
Titan — Alpha III Rocket and Estes Wizard Rocket
Saturn — Green Eggs and Ham Rocket
Brian Schenkenberger, CEO of the Central New Jersey Area Rocket Society, mentored the cadets for the launches.
Participating were:
Cadet 2nd Lts Aditya Shinde and Surya Sood
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Gabriella Couvertier
Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Dylan Rutkowski
Cadet Tech. Sgts. Divjot Kaur, Jasleen Kaur, Isabella Lancellotti, Logan Lancellotti, and Ajitesh Phull
Cadet Staff Sgts. Harasees Singh and Shreya Thakkar
Cadet Senior Airmen Yaana Agrawal and Sonit Saxena
Cadet Airmen 1st Class Sam Boshra and Karthi Shivashankar
Cadet Airman Scott Frank
_____Cadet Tech. Sgt. Jasleen KaurTwin Pine Composite SquadronNew Jersey Wing
