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.

SpaceX is working toward a Saturday, Oct. 18, launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The launch, a mission to deploy Starlink satellites for Elon Musk's lucrative internet business, will be livestreamed ...

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 ...

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 is working toward a Saturday, Oct. 25, launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg in Santa Barbara County. SpaceX will launch its famous two-stage 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket, one of the world's most active, to deliver 28 Starlink satellites into ...

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 ...

A Falcon 9 rocket will launch Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 16. The launch window is set for the morning, and the rocket will fly on a southeast trajectory. While the base is closed to the public, numerous viewing ...

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