ADS, Space Connections and the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) are proud organisers of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKAYRoC). The Challenge involves secondary school students designing, building and launching a model rocket with a fragile payload to a set altitude with a specific total flight duration. The Challenge has been running in the UK since 2005.

The 2011 winners of UKAYRoC were Worksop College, Nottinghamshire. In addition to a cash prize for the school, the team received an all-expenses paid trip to Paris, where they competed in the fourth International Rocketry Challenge at the Paris International Airshow. The UK team placed second against rockets from the US and France.