These are the best model rockets ahead of Amazon Prime Day, featuring NASA and Blue Origin, as well as STEM rockets, all ...

Joe Barnard (or BPS.Space) and Aryan Kapoor are two model rocket enthusiasts who’ve spent years working to advance the hobby with innovative ways to precisely steer model rockets and land them ...

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 ...

The Falcon 9 model rocket represents another big step forward in Estes Industries' overall mission to ignite the imagination of people everywhere by putting the wonder of space travel in their hands.

Since then, model rocket designers have attempted to recreate the feat—with Joe Barnard’s BPS.space accomplishing the milestone in 2022 after 7 years of work.

Three siblings display their model rockets including an Estes Gemini Titan (right) and an Estes Thor Agena-B (on the ground), as well as one built from scratch (left), Phoenix, Ariz., ca. 1968.

This is a single model rocket motor. It is made of pasteboard and contains non-explosive propellant. The motor is used only once to power a model rocket. An unknown firm in Yugoslavia manufactured it.

Model rocket enthusiasts are learning how to do vertical landings. Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale with custom hardware and a few years of effort.