Today, model rocketry is a popular hobby, with an almost impeccable safety record. But that wasn’t always the case. From the late 19th century to the late 1950s, generations of kids were taking their ...

The Estes line of flying model rockets have inspired an untold number of children and adults alike, thanks in part to their simplicity. From the design and construction of the rockets themselves to ...

Model rocketry is a hobby similar to building model airplanes. In the hobby today, there are two distinct areas of rocket activity: amateur (or experimental) rocketry, and model rocketry (including ...

Model rocketry hobbyists are familiar with the need to roll their own solutions when putting high-tech features into rockets, and a desire to include a microcontroller in a rocket while still keeping ...

TITUSVILLE — It was supposed to target terrorism, not toy rockets. But enthusiasts who build and launch model rockets say a provision in the Homeland Security Act threatens to ground a hobby that for ...

We are a group of six students who became heavily involvedwith model rocketry two years ago. A science teacher at one of the local highschools had told us about a national model rocketry competition ...

Take your next STEM project into the sky with an interactive rocket-building kit. No need for NASA, we'll blast off right from home. By Quinn Gawronski Updated Oct 24, 2022 4:03 PM EDT We may earn ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. History records that 88 rockets launched to space in 1991. That count, it would seem, is off by ...

Skies were patchy with clouds and rain Saturday over a grassy field at Little Big Econ State Forest where two launch pads were ready to fire off a fleet of model rockets. Three-year-old Nico Garces of ...

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Center (IN-SPACe) has launched the Model Rocketry India Student Competition 2024-25 to create awareness and inspire Indian students in the field ...

Landing a real rocket with propulsion is an incredibly complex task that took years to perfect; only recently did it cross into the realm of actual practicality. Joe Barnard, creator of the Youtube ...