Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 27, 1960
Caption:
BUILDS ROCKET MOTOR: Jim Richards, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie R. Richards of 2482 Carpenter Rd., Pittsfield township, inspects a 14 and 3/4 pound, 7,200 pounds minimum thrust rocket motor which has taken him five years to build. Jim, who built a 48 inch, 4 pound satellite during is senior year at Ann Arbor High School, said his rocket motor will push a rocket 150 times its own weight. He plans to start work on a rocket for the motor in the near future.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 31, 1958
Caption:
BUILDS SATELLITE: Jim Richards, 18, of 2482 Carpenter Rd., a senior at Ann Arbor High School, holds a 48-inch, 4-pound satellite he built in his home workshop. In his left hand are two experimental nose cones and a rocket fuel cylinder to project the satellite from the main rocket body. The instrument is equipped to send temperature data from the upper atmosphere back to earth.