Feb 1, 2025–Every year there is one aspect of our rocket launches that we cannot control–the weather. Over the 20-plus years of launching across the southwest, we have been hamstrung by cold weather, hot weather, high winds, low clouds, torrential rain, and even one...
January 2025–Every volunteer who comes to SystemsGo arrives for a different reason. For Steve and Ginger Burow, the reasons began with their daughter, Chelsea. It was during her junior year at Fredericksburg High School, when the rocket her team built failed Stage 2....
Nov 22, 2024–The Bezos Family Foundation, a long-time supporter of the SystemsGo rocketry engineering program, has announced the awarding of an additional $30,000 to the Fredericksburg, Texas-based nonprofit organization. “We are blessed that the Bezos Family...
Nov 1, 2024–On October 26 & 27, 2024, SystemsGo made history by having high school students successfully launch and recover two rockets at the Wings Over Houston Air Show at Ellington Airport. The rocketeers were students from Anahuac and Hardin-Jefferson High...
Nov 1, 2024–SystemsGo students from 18 high schools across Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Houston the week of October 28 to present their Flight Profile Review in preparation for the next SystemsGo rocket launches to be held in...
Sept 2024–Rebekah Hyatt, Executive Director, and George Burns, Program Director, made personal calls delivering Certificates of Appreciation to individuals and businesses who provided services and support for the Central Texas launches. Thank you to these generous...
For Release Sept 1, 2024–Over the summer, 14 teachers in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma have completed training for various levels of the SystemsGo project-based Engineering curriculum. Listed are teachers completing various levels of SystemsGo training:...
SystemsGo has announced the addition of Sheila Braim as Office Manager, effective June 17, 2024. Sheila is a resident of Ingram, Texas, and was born and raised in the Weatherford area. She worked for 15 years as office manager of an HVAC company, and five years as a...
June 10, 2024–Victoria Schmidt of Fredericksburg High School received the 2023-2024 Brett Williams Scholarship, awarded annually by SystemsGo, the Texas-based nonprofit STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) rocketry program. The high school senior has been...
For Release: April 8, 2024–The public is invited to watch as students from 18 high schools gather near Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Texas, on May 2-4 to launch 60 rockets they designed and built for the SystemsGo STEM education program. Schools launching include...
