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PHOTOS: Kearsarge Area Rocket Society blasts off

  • Eric Swanson sets up a camera to record the rocket launch. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Mike Bellino (left), John Kolias (Center), and Adee Cooper (Right) get ready to launch their rockets. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Ephrim Kolias adds the igniter, which will send a charge to the engine and allow the rocket to take off. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Ephrim Kolias helps his grandfather, John Kolias attach the ignition wires to the engine of the rocket. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Ephrim Kolias watches as his rocket takes off. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Mike Bellino demostrates to the Cooper family how to properly fold the parachute for the rocket. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Mike Bellino (left), John Kolias (Center), and Adee Cooper (Right) watch as a rocket takes off from the launch pad. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Garrett Cassidy attaches the ignition wires to the engine of his rocket. July 16, 2016

  • Mike Bellino sets up the launch rods, which will guide the rockets as they are taking off. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • A rocket takes off from the launch platform. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • A rocket takes off from the launch platform. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Ephrim Kolias adds wadding to his rocket, wadding stops the charge from melting the parachute. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Mike Bellino sets up the launch stand for the rockets. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • Ephrim Kolias presses the launch button to send his rocket flying. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

  • John Kolias attaches a rocket to a launch rod to get ready to take off. July 16, 2016

  • Mike Bellino adds the blast deflectors which will protect the launch pad from catching on fire as the rockets take off. July 16, 2016 (JENNIFER MELI / Monitor Staff)

Published: 7/16/2016 9:29:40 PM

The Kearsarge Area Rocket Society held its annual monthly blast off Saturday in a field off Schoodac Road in Warner.

KARS was founded in 2005 and holds monthly events from April to November, according to its website, karsnh.wordpress.com.

The organization says model rocketry is a hobby “at one of those rare intersections of fun and learning.”


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