Sky's the limit as Boeing hosts kids for bottle rocket launch in Huntington Beach

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Alex Villasenor, 11 of Santa Ana, launches a water-propelled rocket made by his friend Adrian Padilla, 12 of Costa Mesa, at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Sean Jenan of Huntington Beach has a laugh with his daughter Evangeline as they build a soda bottle water rocket at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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William Joachimstaler, 9, and his sister Meghan, 12, both from Corona, launched water-propelled rockets at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Boeing aerospace engineer Kevin Rausch explains the finer points of building a soda bottle rocket at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A soda bottle rocket floats back down to earth with the aid of two parachutes at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Volunteers Jewel Pineda, 16 of Tustin, and others ran and collected dozens of soda bottle rockets after beingn launched into the sky at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Jenniffer Sartiaguin, 24 from Long Beach, builds her own soda bottle rocket at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Michelle Lee, 13 of Walnut, launches a soda bottle rocket her father made, at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Dozens of soda bottle rockets were made and launched at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A soda bottle rocket floats down to earth with the aid of a parachute after being launched at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Dozens of soda bottle rockets were launched with the aid of pressurized water at the annual Discovery Cube Rocket Launch event at the Boeing Company, in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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By Daily Pilot staff

May 11, 2019 3:50 PM PT

Children designed and launched bottle rockets into the sky Saturday for Boeing Co.’s annual rocket launch event in Huntington Beach.

Participants were encouraged to bring empty 2-liter bottles to use for their rockets. Staff provided other materials such as tape, scissors and plastic bags for rocket parachutes. Engineers from Boeing were on hand to give design and engineering tips.

The event, co-presented by Discovery Cube Orange County, encourages participants to use their problem-solving skills and imagination.

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Sky’s the limit as Boeing hosts kids for bottle rocket launch in Huntington Beach

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