Light this candle: SpaceX taking orders for Starship model with rocket engine torch News By Robert Z. Pearlman published April 17, 2023 ...

There is a reason building a rocket engine is harder than most things you want to build. If you are building, say, a car, your goal is to not have it explode. If you are building a bomb, you want t… ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in ...

Shown here is a one-eighth scale model of the NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) nuclear rocket test engine on a movable stand equipped with rails. Originally conceived by the ...

Model rockets, in contrast, generally use solid rocket engines that mix the oxidizer and fuel into a single package, and they are ignited with heat.

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin just announced an Estes model rocket version of its New Shepard launch vehicle.