#model rocket launch

WHAT IS SPORT ROCKETRY?

Sport rocketry is aerospace engineering in miniature. This popular hobby and educational tool was founded in 1957 to provide a safe and inexpensive way for young people to learn the principles of rocket flight. It has grown since then to a worldwide hobby with over 12 million flights per year, used in 25,000 schools around the U.S.. Its safety record is extraordinarily good, especially compared to most other outdoor activities. It is recognized and permitted under Federal and all 50 states' laws and regulations, and its safe and inexpensive products are available in toy and hobby stores nationwide. Sport rocketry has inspired two generations of America's young people to pursue careers in technology.

ÃÂ- SPOTTED: SLS, Saturn V on CBS's "The Big Bang Theory"

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - A seemingly inconspicuous set design choice caught the attention of one Marshall Space Flight Center employee.

Rockets developed and worked on right here in the Rocket City decorate the home of one of Big Bang Theory's most popular science nerds.

MAN KILLED IN A FREAK MODEL-ROCKET ACCIDENT IN JOHNSON VALLEY

By Z107.7 News, on November 15th, 2015

A Highland man was killed in a freak accident in the Giant Rock Off-Highway Vehicle area of Johnson valley yesterday. According to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Sergeant Michael Landavaso, On Saturday, November 14, at 2:09 p.m., Sheriff's Dispatch received 911 calls for a medical emergency at the Giant Rock OHV area in Johnson Valley for a man hit in the face with a "bottle rocket." The call was transferred to medical services and medical aid was dispatched to the scene. Investigators later learned the Boy Scouts of America were hosting their annual "Rocket Rave" event where commercially and home-made hobby model rockets are launched. Michael Bentley, 50, of Highlands, was spectating near a friend who launched a home-made rocket. The launch was successful but Bentley lost sight of the rocket. The rocket came down and struck Bentley in the face as he was looking towards the sky.

A teen was killed while playing with a homemade rocket - the second toy missile-related death in California in less than six months.

Ventura County fire officials rushed to Madrona Elementary School in Thousand Oaks around 7:30 p.m. Monday after a call that a rocket had exploded in someone's hands, according to the Thousand Oaks Acorn newspaper.