The main parachute of the N32 was folded and pressed in the parachute compartment Wednesday before the launch.The main parachute in it's bag. The line in this bag is released just a few hunderd meters before touch down. The drogue chute will be placed on top of this bag.The parachute compartment is closed by a hatch. During flight this will be pyro-technically released and will pull out the drogue chute.The top part of N32 is fully prepared.The N32 is ready for launch on Friday morning. In the background the lower part of the DARE-alumni rocket.Space Eggs, a DARE SRP rocket, is slid into the rail of the NAVRO launch tower.DARE's V7P in their launch tower.Both rockets are ready to be launched.Launch of Canset V7P.Cansat V7P just above the launch tower.Cansat V7P descending on its parachute.Cansat V7P just before touch down.Unfortunately, the test of DARE's Solid Six rocket motor failed.Launch of Space EggsSpace Eggs during flight.SOAR, (a DARE SRP rocket) is being place in the NAVRO launch tower.The location of the motor test.The dug in test rocket motor.Aquilo III.5 of InHolland in the NERO launch tower.Peggasus, also a DARE SRP rocket, in the launch tower.SOAR in the launch tower.Launch of the SOAR.SOAR during flight.Launch pof Peggasus.Peggasus took a sharp turn after a few hunderd meters.After the turn Peggasus' trajectory was stabile.Launch of Aquilo III.5.Aquilo III.5 was not stabile.Not long after this picture Aquilo III.5 crashed.The ignitor of N32 rocket motor is placed.The table with launch boxes just before a launch. In the lower right corner the stearable fin section of Cansat V7S can be seen.Launch of Dart TV-03 of T-Minus. The T-Minus launch tower was further away of the spectators.Dart TV-03 had a great flight.N32 just after ignition.N32 after leaving the launch tower.N32 during flight.Launch of SFR (a DARE SRP rocket).SFR during flight.Launch of the DARE-alumni rocket.The DARE-alumni-rocket parachute to soon when the rocket was still going up.The DARE-alumni-rocket dangling on its tangled parachute.The DARE-alumni-rocket dangling on its tangled parachute.The hard touch down of the DARE-alumni-rocket.The DARE-alumni-rocket was returned in pieces.Cansat V7S was launched late. The launch was deliberate away from the spectators from the T-minus launch tower. N32 landed unfavouratebly and was broken at the top of the parachute compartment.The recovered, but broken parachute hatch of the N32.Cleaning the launch tower with a pressure washers back at our own location.Because N32 landed on the nozzle, it was pushed at an angle in the rocket motor. In Alblasserdam we discoverd we "stole" a small bit of the Oldenbroek Heath.The main parachute cable tore into the PVC body tube. This is called a "Zipper".
