In the field

Gallery

Launch days, build sessions, and competition trips - captured in the field by members of Long Beach Rocketry.

Photos

From the launch pad

Rocket mid-launch with smoke trail, Spring 2025 Launch · Spring 2025
LBR members walking to the launch pad carrying a rocket Walk to pad · Spring 2025
Pre-flight checks on the rocket Pre-flight checks
Close-up of payload avionics hardware and a Raspberry Pi mounted on a circuit board Payload avionics board
Brazing work during a night session Brazing at night
LBR Tofu Shop rover sitting in a muddy field during payload recovery testing Tofu Shop rover test
Long Beach Rocketry members speaking with students at a campus outreach booth WOW outreach booth
Long Beach Rocketry members demonstrating a rocket and hardware display to students at WOW Fall 2025 WOW hardware demo
CNC plate clip
Members preparing propellant for the launch Propellant prep
Members working late during a night session Night work session
Rocket ready to fly on the launch rail Ready to fly
Payload recovery rover approaching a rocket in the field while team members look on Recovery field test
Propellant preparation at the launch site Propellant prep
Four Long Beach Rocketry members posing behind a rocket display at WOW Fall 2025 WOW team portrait
Render showing an LBR payload system and deployed landing assembly concept Payload system render
Deployment mech clip
Team pre-launch briefing at the field Pre-launch briefing
Night brazing session in the workshop Night brazing session
Open payload bay showing avionics and internal hardware inside a Long Beach Rocketry rocket Payload bay detail
Launch footage

See it fly

Payload Deployment Video

June 14, 2024 · 1:01 · Local MP4

Long Beach Rocketry at NASA SLI 2018

July 11, 2018 · 2:11 · Local MP4 with auto-captions

Onboard Footage Full Scale Launch #1

April 11, 2018 · 1:46 · Local MP4

These are locally hosted archival LBR videos. Auto-captions were available only for the NASA SLI 2018 clip.