World’s largest rocketry challenge giving students the opportunity to design, build & launch rockets. Proudly run by @AIASpeaks & @NARRockets #RocketryChallenge
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🚀 Heads up, ARC teams! Motor availability may be more challenging this season.
ARC does not sell motors, but we want to keep teams informed about what we’re seeing in the market. Consider a 29 mm motor mount to keep more options open as you design and test.
Plan ahead and stay flexible!
🚀 Need a little help getting your new ARC team off the ground?
Eligible Title I school teams can apply for a Northrop Grumman STEM Innovation Grant directly through the ARC registration system.
💡 Grant Priority deadline: Nov. 1
📅 ARC Registration deadline: Dec. 6
🚀 Rural educators: join @LearnWithNASA on Oct. 15 at 8 PM ET to discover how your students can take part in the American Rocketry Challenge.
🔗 Register: forms.gle/KWXtvGiGpyNCKH9H8
#NASA #STEMEducation #AmericanRocketryChallenge
🚀 Inspiring the next generation of aerospace leaders at Girls in Aviation Day!
We’re proud to join the Women in Aviation Capital Region Chapter in encouraging more girls to explore aviation, aerospace, and STEM through hands-on rocketry. ✈️✨
#GirlsInAviationDay #WomenInAviation #STEM #Aerospace #RocketryChallenge #ARC2027
🚀 Ready to launch your ARC 2027 season?
Join Estes Education, in partnership with the American Rocketry Challenge, on October 13 at 7 PM ET for the first webinar in our free ARC 2027 webinar series.
Learn model rocketry fundamentals, safe launch practices, and key 2027 competition rules to help your team start the season strong.
📣 Register today: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#ARC2027 #AmericanRocketryChallenge #EstesEducation #STEMEducation #ModelRocketry #Rocketry
American Rocketry Challenge retweeted
For more than 20 years, AIA and the National Association of Rocketry have brought students together through the American Rocketry Challenge (@LaunchWithARC) to design, build, and launch rockets while developing critical STEM and teamwork skills.
Through NASA's longstanding support of the competition, students are connected to the excitement of exploration and the real-world challenges that drive aerospace innovation.
Together, industry and government are helping build the future workforce that will power tomorrow's missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. #WSW2026 #WorldSpaceWeek
Art + aerospace = a pretty stellar combination. 🎨🚀
For #WorldSpaceWeek, check out ARC’s collaboration with Crayola as Marlowe explores the parts of a rocket and shows how creativity can bring STEM learning to life!
Watch here 👇
youtube.com/shorts/fj56QsPoP…
#WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2026 #ARC2027 #RocketryChallenge
The #RocketRevolution is here, and this is what the next generation of explorers looks like. 🚀🌎
We’re teaming up with @worldspaceweek to celebrate #WSW2026 and this year’s theme, Rocket Revolution, with ARC students hosting events in their communities!
Launching Oct. 4–10? ARC teams can earn Launchpad League miles!
#ARC2027 #RocketryChallenge
American Rocketry Challenge retweeted
Design. Build. Test. Launch!🚀
Rural U.S. educators are invited to next month's 3D Thursday webinar to hear how your students can @LaunchWithARC, the world’s largest student rocket competition.
Webinar Date: Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. EDT
Register: forms.gle/KWXtvGiGpyNCKH9H8
ALT Flier graphic for the October 3D Thursdays webinar for Rural U.S. Educators featuring pictuers of Jessica Pedersen and Caitlin Sullivan from the American Rocketry Challenge
🚀 First time competing in ARC? Are you a Title I school?
You may be eligible for a Northrop Grumman STEM Innovation Grant to help launch your rocketry program!
⭐ First Priority Deadline: Nov. 1
Apply through the ARC Registration Portal! apply.rocketrychallenge.org/
#ARC2027 #RocketryChallenge
🚀Launch during World Space Week and earn Launchpad League Miles!🏁🏁
Oct. 4–10:
📍 Register your event on the WSW Global Map
🚀 Launch following the NAR Safety Code
📸 Share your launch + tag us
🌟 Earn LL Miles!
#WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2026 #ARC2027 #RocketryChallenge
Rockets ✅
Engineering ✅
Teamwork ✅
Memories that'll last a lifetime ✅
Happy National Aerospace Week! 🚀
Show us your team photos, rockets, launch videos, favorite ARC moments, or the skills you've learned along the way. Tag us and use #AeroWeek2026 so we can celebrate with you. ✨
See ARC student Marlowe in Crayola's latest video and watch her bring the SEEK method to life: youtube.com/shorts/fj56QsPoP…
#ColorOutsideTheLines #CuriosityTakesFlight #CreativeThinking #FutureRocketScientists #RocketryChallenge
On this day of remembrance, we honor those we lost and the courage of the first responders, service members, and citizens who came together in extraordinary ways. Their example continues to inspire American Rocketry Challenge students.
25 years later, we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the years since.
Today, we honor their bravery, service, and enduring legacy. #NeverForget
🚀 New season. New rocket. New possibilities.
The most valuable thing you can build this season isn't just your rocket, it's experience. Every flight teaches you something new.
Ready to get started? Register your team today: apply.rocketrychallenge.org
#RocketryChallenge #ARC2027 #FutureEngineers #StudentRockets 🚀✨
🚀💌 Your inbox deserves more rockets.
Get ARC updates, deadlines, team spotlights, and opportunities delivered straight to your inbox.
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#LaunchWithARC #RocketryChallenge #STEM #ARC2027
The rockets have flown, the champions have been crowned, and the memories are still soaring.
Check out the official American Rocketry Challenge 2026 National Finals highlight video! 🚀
🎥 youtu.be/92RDeb5Zpxs
Congratulations to the NASA State Hub awardees! Excited to see this investment in strengthening STEM and technical workforce pathways. We look forward to connecting this work with the hands-on experiences students gain through the American Rocketry Challenge and helping more students turn their interest in rocketry into STEM careers. 🚀
The future of space needs skilled technical talent! 🚀
@NASA is investing $10.5M in seven institutions to build state & regional hubs connecting students to pathways with high-demand aerospace careers.
Learn more: go.nasa.gov/46bdLU1
ALT A Jacobs technician from the Launch Equipment Shop performs welding on the KAMAG spacecraft transporter on Oct. 26, 2018, inside a facility at the crawler yard at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The transporter is designed to carry heavy loads. Welding is being performed on the attach points that will hold the Orion transportation pallet in place. Testing of the pallet will be performed to support validation and verification of the attach fittings in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility.