Long before model rockets became Randy Boadway’s business, it was his hobby. Now Boadway shares that hobby with hundreds of beginners every year, both through his company, eRockets, and through the ...

Dear Johnnie: A few years back my son was given a ticket for launching a small Estes model rocket from a concrete pad in a Longmont park. Fire danger was the reason given. I didn’t know that concrete ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … 4-Hers? That may well have been the thought of some Bartholomew County 4-H fairgoers Friday morning, as a small group of students launched model rockets at the ...

For me, the Space Age began on the weed-choked field behind North School in Glencoe, Ill., in 1976. That’s where Mr. Irmis, who drove a VW microbus and taught us science, math and sex ed, convened the ...

Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale with custom hardware and a few years of effort. Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale ...

SpaceX’s innovative Starship system was already the biggest and most powerful the world has ever seen—and after six exciting test flights, the version that rocketed into the skies above South Texas ...

I was reading the "dangerous childhood toys" thread and thought of something.<BR><BR>Is there a realistic way to make a model rocket more geeky than the estes ones?<BR><BR>I'm talking one that you'll ...

For some people, getting an egg home from the grocery store without breaking it is a huge accomplishment, but some D.C.-area high schoolers have a much tougher mission this weekend: Send an egg into ...

For Antonio Bartling, there are few more satisfying ways to spend a Saturday morning than launching rockets. “It’s amazing to see a rocket fly, especially if it’s a rocket you built,” said Bartling, ...