Rocketry

We were down in Gombak today and took part in a CSR event organised by the University of Newcastle (Australia) Alumni Malaysia Chapter. The objective of the event was to bring some joy to the kids and parents there. Miss Charlene Anita gave a presentation about nutrition followed by David Wu, who shared his experience on his journey cycling solo to China. I gave a talk about our space programme followed by a quick workshop

On the 30th of August 2016, ANGKASA organised the national rocketry competition. For the second year running, we continued to train schoolchildren in using solid fuel to launch their rockets. MRSM Tun Dr. Ismail, Pontian, Johor emerged as champions from 19 teams that competed in the solid fuel category. The event was officiated by YB. Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau. We would like to take this opportunity to thank ANGKASA, UM and Planetarium Negara

    28 & 29th November 2015: We were down in Bali for the Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF2015) Water Rocket Competition as technical observers to their annual rocketry challenge organised by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). 14 countries from the Asia Pacific region qualified for the finals with Malaysia sending three teams. The participants had to design their rockets according to the stipulated requirements with the team from Thailand beating the rest

15th November 2015: We were in Penang last Sunday to conduct 2 rocketry workshops for participants during the Penang International Science Fair at the SPICE Arena. We taught them how to build their own rockets by using the STEM approach and everyone had fun launching their rockets. We would like to thank MDeC for inviting us to interact with the general public in their effort to promote science.

 We’re down in Johor today for the Ekspo Agro Johor 2015. We conducted 2 rocketry workshops for SMK Sri Gading and SMK P Temenggong Ibrahim as part of J-Biotech’s CSR effort in promoting science to school children. For the finale their CEO, En. Wan Amir Jeffery launched a rocket sky high to mark this special occasion. We’re glad to support J-Biotech’s initiative in making biotechnology and biodiversity a key component of Malaysia’s drive to encourage