Quinn Jamison, 7, left, with his brothers Cranmore, 4, and Andrew, 9, father Eliot and grandfather Dick Williams watch as a handmade bottle rocket soars skyward Saturday at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
Kids and volunteers launch handmade bottle rockets at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach on Saturday.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
A bottle rocket takes off during Discovery Cube Orange County’s annual Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach on Saturday.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
Kevin Rausch, left, an aerospace engineer, helps Lylia Nashawati, 6, build a bottle rocket as Suzanne Hashem, right, helps Laith Nashawati, 5, cut string for the parachute during Saturday’s Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.
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Vie Wan, 6, ties string in preparation for attaching a parachute to her bottle rocket Saturday at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.
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A bottle rocket floats back to the ground on its parachute during Discovery Cube Orange County’s annual Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
A bottle rocket returns on its parachute after being sent into the sky Saturday at Boeing and Discovery Cube Orange County’s Rocket Launch.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
Barrett Hauge picks up bottle rockets that had returned to the ground after being launched Saturday at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
Andy Gregg and his daugther Amelia, 2, celebrate a successful bottle rocket launch with her cousin Wyatt Burns, 10, on Saturday.
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Paul Wakerman, left, and Dax Ashcraft-Gabel, both 11, build their bottle rockets during Saturday’s Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)