As with a traditional kit, both the nosecone and fins are plastic. Except here they’ve been 3D printed in either PLA or PETG depending on their proximity to he hot and fiery area of the rocket.

Estes has launched its latest model rocket, the DARC-1 and not only is it the latest addition to the space corps line but it is the most challenging to build yet.

Was $76.99 now $72.99 at Amazon Estes NASA SLS Flying Model Rocket Kit was $76.99 now $72.99 on Amazon. Save 5% on an awesome looking 1:200 scale model rocket replica of the NASA SLS. It's perfect ...

You can find a beginner Estes model rocket kit for as little as $10, although it won’t usually include launch gear. Spending up to $25 opens up access to kits containing up to three rockets, as ...

The business also manufactures about 60 model rocket kits, marketed under the name of Semroc, which eRockets acquired about eight years ago. The store hosts a weekly open house for visitors to ...

One just launched the world’s biggest rocket, with mixed success. The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists, and it's stockpiling supplies ahead of Trump's tariffs.

Model Missiles folded after a short time, but the company that had been contracted to produce their rocket motors, Estes Industries, took over the market, creating its own line of kits.

All those 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s kids out there may remember the classes of model rocket engines – generally A, B, C, and D sized engines used to push your cardboard tube with balsa fins skyward.

Model Rocketry is an hobby started at the end the 50s thanks to Orville Carlisle, a licensed pyrotechnics expert, who designed the first model rocket engine in 1954.