Project Inception: August 1994
Project Launch: August 12,1996

Flight Data
The onboard Video Camcorder Experiment worked very well, recording the entire flight and most of the parachute descent (the camcorder battery failed shortly before splashdown). Nevertheless, the footage is spectacular and never fails to impress audiences at the many talks we've given on the HOMER mission. Click here to see some images from the onboard video.

Team members publish papers
HOMER team members have been busy presenting papers they've written on the HOMER mission. Ellen Riddle and Jennifer Owens' paper: "The HOMER Mission: Building a NASA Sounding Rocket in a University Setting" recently won awards at the 1997 Colorado Space Grant Symposium in Boulder, and the AIAA Student Paper Competition in St. Louis. (At the AIAA competition, Jennifer also won an award for her paper on the HOMER power subsystem, giving her awards in both the Graduate and Undergraduate divisions!) In December, Jennifer and Ellen will present their paper at the national competition in Reno Nevada. Jennifer also recently went to Washington D.C. to present HOMER at a poster session for members of Congress. Jennifer's description of the HOMER mission was very well received at the session, which showcased student research from around the U.S.

HOMER Team Members:

	Patrick Adam Structures team guru, "passenger management"
	Wes Bradley C&DH advisor, licensed pyrotechnician
	Linda Cuplin Structures team guru, CAD goddess
	Sean Dougherty Co-project manager, structures team lead
	Matt Leoni TM team lead
	Ellen Riddle Co-project manager
	Jennifer Owens Power Team Lead
	Linden McClure C&DH advisor
	Scott Poppers GSE team lead
	Brian Stuebe C&DH, Science team guru
	Rich Volp All-round electronics guru

HOMER Pictures:

View pictures from the launch at Wallops Flight Facility

View MPEG movie of launch (3.4MB File)

Images constructed from the on-board video