{"id":77885,"date":"2026-06-30T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/?p=77885"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:02:44","slug":"gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS campers launch rockets from Chamberlain Field with UTC Rocket\u00a0Mocs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_77890\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"630\" data-attachment-id=\"77890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\/rockets-and-kids-26-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C859&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,859\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Rockets and Kids-26-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Trevor Elliott fires rockets Friday, June 26, 2026 on Chamberlain Field with summer camp students from GPS.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?fit=880%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-77890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?resize=880%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Trevor Elliott kneels on Chamberlain Field as he helps a Girls Preparatory School camper prepare a model rocket for launch. The two stand beside the rocket on its launch pad with Founders Hall visible in the background.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C733&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?resize=768%2C550&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?resize=800%2C573&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?resize=580%2C415&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3492-2.jpg?resize=610%2C437&amp;ssl=1 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Trevor Elliott fires rockets on Chamberlain Field with summer camp students from GPS. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Countdowns and cheers erupted from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\u2019s Chamberlain Field on the morning of Friday, June 26, as a group of Girls Preparatory School summer campers launched rockets into the air.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UC Foundation Associate Professor Trevor Elliott in the College of Engineering and Computer Science\u2014and faculty advisor for UTC\u2019s Rocket Mocs team\u2014led the camp&#8217;s &#8220;Imagineers&#8221; through the process of designing their own model rockets. Throughout the week, campers selected nose cones, bodies and fins, learned the basics of aerodynamics, watched their designs come to life on a 3D printer and decorated their rockets before launching them on campus.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;We&#8217;re telling them and teaching them about aerodynamics at their level,&#8221; Elliott said. &#8220;We try to get them thinking about how different shapes affect how a rocket flies.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The launches were supported by members of UTC&#8217;s Department of Public Safety, including Reserve Police Officer Lacy Bobo, who also oversees lab and radiation safety as part of the University&#8217;s Environmental Health and Safety team. While helping monitor the launch area, Bobo enjoyed talking with the campers about their rockets and cheering them on during each liftoff.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;We have a whole crew of young ladies that are interested in science, and I love to see kids getting interested in STEM, especially young girls,&#8221; Bobo said. &#8220;It&#8217;s helping these kids learn how cool science is early and get excited about it.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77894\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"672\" data-attachment-id=\"77894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\/rockets-and-kids-26-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?fit=1200%2C917&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,917\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Rockets and Kids-26-\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Officer Lacy Bobo talks with GPS summer campers.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Trevor Elliott fires rockets Friday, June 26, 2026 on Chamberlain Field with summer camp students from GPS.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?fit=880%2C673&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-77894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?resize=880%2C672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UTC Reserve Police Officer Lacy Bobo, a member of the University's Environmental Health and Safety team, talks with Girls Preparatory School summer campers before a model rocket launch on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?resize=1024%2C783&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?resize=768%2C587&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?resize=800%2C611&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?resize=580%2C443&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3508.jpg?resize=610%2C466&amp;ssl=1 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officer Lacy Bobo talks with GPS summer campers before a model rocket launch.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 758px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"758\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 507px; height: 758px;\" data-original-width=\"507\" data-original-height=\"758\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\/rockets-and-kids-26-13\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"503\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"754\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"77903\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Rockets and Kids-26-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?w=503&#038;h=754&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?resize=580%2C870&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3567-1.jpg?resize=610%2C915&amp;ssl=1 610w\" width=\"503\" height=\"754\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"503\" data-original-height=\"754\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Rockets and Kids-26-\" alt=\"A model rocket lifts off from Chamberlain Field, leaving a trail of smoke with Founders Hall visible in the background.\" style=\"width: 503px; height: 754px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Trevor Elliott fires rockets Friday, June 26, 2026 on Chamberlain Field with summer camp students from GPS. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-3\" style=\"width: 373px; height: 758px;\" data-original-width=\"373\" data-original-height=\"758\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\/rockets-and-kids-26-6\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta 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Chattanooga.\" style=\"width: 369px; height: 253px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Trevor Elliott fires rockets Friday, June 26, 2026 on Chamberlain Field with summer camp students from GPS. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/gps-campers-launch-rockets-from-chamberlain-field-with-utc-rocket-mocs\/rockets-and-kids-26-14\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"369\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"247\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"77904\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/Rockets-and-Kids-26-3574.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Rockets and Kids-26-\" data-image-description=\"\" 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