Gallery: Blast Off With the Amateur Rocketeers of the Mojave Desert
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Two fliers install the engines in their rockets.
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A rocket blasts off above in the Mojave Desert.
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An attendee shows off a large rocket.
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Spectators watch as rockets arc through the sky.
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A boy carries his rocket to the launch site.
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This rocket, named Space Death X, lived up to its name. After launching. it's parachute never deployed and it crashed.
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One family lined their rockets up outside their RV.
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A rocket slowly drifts back to earth.
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A flier uses a receiver to track the GPS location of a wayward rocket.
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A rocket takes off at the Lucerne Dry Lakebed.
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A flier stands beside his rocket. It failed on launch.
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Bunting separates the launch area from the rest of the even site.
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