Work last January, to devote two full months to drawing up a constitutionįor the Burlington Rocket Society, making safety rules and studying The 18 members of the group suspended all rocket making and firing Rocketry has since been the absorbing interest of the members of this Rockets was going on by a number of the boys even before they joined the 4-H Over for science? This Iowa 4-H club may stimulate your thinking.Īt Burlington, Iowa, a group of high school and junior high schoolīoys have what they think is the first 4-H club with its primary purpose to Room for Rockets in 4-H? How far should traditional 4-H projects move Magazine for volunteer leaders illustrates this passion: Particularly among young people, it is not surprising that 4-H wasĪ photo feature on page 55 of the December 1959 National 4-H News Model Rocketry Becomes Popular 4-H ProjectĪs the space craze swept America beginning during the 1960s, Which took place just a few days after their well-publicized trip into The pair proved to be popular guests at the 1933 National 4-H Club Congress It was the first successful trip by man into the upper atmosphere. Theīalloon reached a height of 61,237 feet, a record that stood for many Inscribed "A Century of Progress", the theme of the 1933 World's Fair. "Tex" Settle made America's first stratospheric balloonĪscension on Novemin a balloon that had a gondola brightly Who had become famous only the week before. Wilson brought a pair of aviators to National 4-H Congress One of the major guests attending the 1932 National 4-H ClubĬongress, handing out awards and honoring the winners, was the famous The North and South Poles - Rear Admiral Richard E. Inspired to get to meet a great national hero - the man who flew over both But historically, space and flight show up in 4-H historyĭelegates to the 1931 National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago were Indeed, 4-H got caught up in this whole astronaut and space era in a Moon and returning him safely to earth." And, then, on July 21, 1969Īstronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, flying on Apollo 11, set foot on To achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Kennedy before a joint session ofĬongress on "I believe that this nation should commit itself Then came theīold challenge by President John F. Union, and the launch of Sputnik by the U.S.S.R. Undoubtedly started with the space race between America and the Soviet Particularly the astronauts that were involved in the space program. Produced a love affair between Americans and space exploration. Early Years Model Rocketry Becomes Popular 4-H Project 4-H Television Series Show More or Less Astronauts and 4-H Show More or Less Chicks in Space Space Camp - 4-H Missions in Space 4-H National Youth Science Day - Aerospace Engineering 4-H Flag Returns From Space to 4-H Headquarters Contemporary 4-H Aerospace Program Promotional MaterialsĪlthough perhaps it started somewhat earlier, the decade of the 1960s
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