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MISSION BRIEF:

🚀 SHOOT FOR THE STARS – ROCKET LAUNCH DAY 🚀
 

SCHULTZ Ranch Park

-----|   Sunday, November 2, 2025   |-----

0800 AM – 1000 AM

Command Center Broadcast:
Attention all junior astronauts, mission specialists, and aerospace enthusiasts! Prepare for ignition as Schultz Ranch Park transforms into a launchpad for interstellar adventure.
Mission Launch:  This is a model rocket event where science meets imagination and rockets defy gravity in spectacular fashion.

🛰️ MISSION OVERVIEW:
Please join the crew as participants will assemble, calibrate, and launch model rockets designed to soar into the stratosphere — and beyond (well, nearly)! Complete with countdown procedures and a NASA-style launch control. It’s the closest you’ll come to Cape Canaveral without leaving the park.

• 8:00 AM – 🚀 LAUNCH WINDOW - Mission ORyaniaon: Cadets can visit the Command Module Pavilion to meet the launch team.

Captain - Spaceman

Research - PurpleScooter

Hypersonic and Aerodynamics Division - CoCo

Space Technology and Rockets - MaggieBuggers 

• 0815 AM  - 1000 AM - 👨‍🚀 ASTRONAUT TRAINING ZONE - Hands-on rocket building, propulsion theory, discuss medium and long rang rocket propulsion. 

• 0815 AM  - 1000 AM - 🎖️ BADGE OF HONOR: Each participant can sign the official Flight Log and check in / out travel bugs.

• 0815 AM - 1000 AM - 🌌 COSMIC CAFFEINE & SNACK STATION: Refuel your mission crew with Cosmic Coffee, “rocket fuel” drinks, Afterburner freeze-dried ice cream, and galaxy-themed bites.

• 0815 AM - 1000 AM - 🎯 PREPARE FOR LAUNCH - Lunar Lift-Off: Go over launch protocol. Build rockets, prep rockets with wadding, live rounds, and final check off of properly packed parachutes.

• 0930 AM - 1000 AM - ⏰ COUNTDOWN - Beyond the Belt: We will have a 10 count and launch the high-performance rocket attempting edge-of-visual limit (EOVL).Keep an eye on them these babies are going UP! 

📡 FINAL TRANSMISSION:
Whether you're a future flight director or just dream of touching the stars, this is your chance to be part of a ground-based mission that defies gravity and sparks curiosity. All systems go — let’s launch for the future and for another 25 years of geocaching!

SPECIAL NOTES:

-Please indicate how many are in your group. If you are on the fence about attending please let me know so that I can have enough rockets for each user. One rocket per geocaching name.

-Be punctual. Early is on time, on time is LATE.

-Dress for the weather. This is an outside event.

-This event is free to all however donations are gladly accepted.

-This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.

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