“Ascent” Balloon Launch Press Release

Look Up as Kansas City Reaches for the Stars Critically acclaimed ensemble partners with engineers and students to photograph Kansas City from 100,000 feet up Dark Matter launches its Rocket [...]

Ascent preparations move towards launch!

This past Monday we had a very productive meeting at the HMS Beagle store in Parkville. In attendance were 4 Longview College students, as well as John (Beagle), Vince (MakeKC), Fred and Richard [...]

The “Ascent” Blog is Up and Running!

For the latest details on “Ascent,” please see the blog on the Dark Matter website: http://www.darkmatterkc.com/blog We have pictures and links to show you the current status of our [...]

Know any adventurous art/science high school students?

Check out the August Meeting of the High School Students’ Science Alliance at H.M.S. Beagle 180 English Landing Drive in Downtown Parkville MONDAY AUGUST 8 at 7 PM Daniel Eichenbaum and Bob [...]

Dark Matter releases trailer for “Ascent”

2011-12 Rocket Grants award winners Dark Matter ( Daniel Eichenbaum, Richard Johnson, Cheryl Melfi, Bod riddle and Rebecca Ashe) have released a short teaser video for their project [...]