Before a high-power model rocket can climb hundreds or even thousands of feet into the air, it first must travel straight along an aluminum launch rail until it is moving fast enough to continue ...

RIT Launch Initiative placed first for flight performance and 11 th overall in the Spaceport America Cup, the best outing for the team in just its third year of competitions. RIT was one of 100-plus ...

The Bulldog Rocketry Team celebrated the successful completion of this year’s high-powered rocket for competition at the International Rocket Engineering Competition June 15-20 in Midland, Texas.

Welcome to Edition 8.23 of the Rocket Report! Several new rockets made their first flights this year. Blue Origin’s New Glenn was the most notable debut, with a successful inaugural launch in January ...