I took a break from crashing RC planes to try something new a model rocket launch on a windy day at the airfield. I set up the pad, wired everything, and even brought a scooter and my dog Jasper to help retrieve it if it went too far.

In the sixties and early seventies, space was all the rage with the Cold War competition to determine who would walk on the moon first, America or the USSR. As such, model rocketry was booming. Marc Spritzer assists his son attaching a rocket to a launch ...

Original story posted Nov. 4, 2025: Doubleheader? The countdown to 100 rocket launches in Florida continues with SpaceX and United Launch Alliance targeting midweek to launch the 92nd and 93rd orbital rocket of the year from here. Not one, but two night ...

Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space Force. While the NASA Wallops Visitor Center will ...

Much of the discourse around reusable rockets in Europe has focused on developing a brand new rocket that might eventually replace the Ariane 6, which debuted less than two years ago but still uses the use it and lose it model embraced by the launch industry for most of the Space Age.

SpaceX has one more launch scheduled from Southern California before Christmas. A Falcon 9 rocket will deploy 27 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 16, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.