Photo Gallery: Soda bottle rockets launched during Discovery Cube event at Boeing
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Volunteers like 16-yr. old Jewel Pineda of Tustin 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Dozens of soda bottle rockets like this one 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)
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)