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# Photos: Science Fest achieves Dunn Meadow liftoff
- URL: https://bsquarebulletin.com/photos-science-fest-achieves-dunn-meadow-liftoff/
- Published: 2021-10-09T18:25:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-25T02:09:01.000Z
- Author: Dave Askins
- Tags: Old B Square, #imported-whole

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In Dunn Meadow on Saturday morning, Indiana University’s Science Fest provided touchdowns aplenty despite the football team’s bye week.

Every 20 minutes or so, a model rocket or two, sometimes four at a time, were sent soaring 800 feet or more into the clear skies, undisturbed by much of a measurable breeze.

After its engine backfired (by design), to pop off the nose cone and deploy the parachute, one of the rockets landed just a few feet from the launch pad. Others landed a bit farther away, towards 7th Street.

Supervising the activity was IU professor of physics Paul Sokol and lecturer Dilara Sultana, along with a handful of graduate students in the department. 

Science Fest [activities were planned](https://sciencefest.indiana.edu/2021-activity-guide/) for much of the campus. The B Square confined its coverage to Dunn Meadow. 

More photos are included after the jump.

**Photos: Science Fest 2021**  
[Click to view slideshow.](https://bsquarebulletin.com/2021/10/09/photos-science-fest-achieves-dunn-meadow-liftoff/#gallery-26577-1-slideshow)