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 ...

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.

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 ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The mission, known as Transporter-15, is a rideshare flight carrying small satellites for paying customers. This launch follows a recent NASA mission ...