Delayed Launch of the Candle-wax Rocket
propelled the rocket to an altitude of five thousand feet and showed it is fully functional. Peter Rickmers, leader of the ZEpHyR project, is satisfied: "We are all very happy that the launch was successful [...] project." The whole ZEpHyR team (“ZARM Experimental Hybrid Rocket”) around project leader Peter Rickmers flew to Kiruna on April 3, 2016, to witness the pioneer flight of their innovative concept. The [...] nerves. When they saw the launch had been successful the relief was correspondingly great. Peter Rickmers: “Everybody was extremely tense following the three postponed launches and the success is now especially