* Astronomy

Steve Eves broke two world records Saturday, when his 1/10th scale model of the historic rocket - built in his garage near Akron, Ohio - lifted off from a field on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The 36-ft.-tall rocket was the largest amateur rocket ever launched and recovered successfully - and at 1648 pounds, also the heaviest.

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Aircrafts have already been warned away, and the Guinness Book of World Records is standing by.
On Saturday, the world's largest amateur rocket is set to blast off. Alex Demetrick reports it's happening on the Eastern Shore although the inspiration goes back to the moon.

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Students from nine colleges and universities across the nation will raise thunder across the North Alabama sky April 19, sending aloft rockets of their own making for NASA's 2007-2008 University Student Launch Initiative.
Members of the media are invited to the launch site in Toney, Alabama, to meet with student rocketeers and watch the launches. The event is free and open to the public.

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UAH's USLI rocket competition submission, the Osprey. The first launch of the day, and successful.

Scratch -built rocket utilising 90mm Australia Post tube & a 'Crayon' nose cone. 29mm KNO3 motor ( KNSB + YIO ) ended up as a fairly slow-burning propellant. Good boost, but the parachute tore free of the airframe at deployment. 'Landing' did little more than crack a fin!