School of Rocketry

Tonight across North America is a rare evening opportunity to share the wonder of a total lunar eclipse. If you have a clear sky tonight where you are, don't miss this opportunity to get outside this and educate whatever kids you have in your orbit about what is happening in their sky tonight. Many are calling this eclipse a "Super Blood Moon" because it is happening at a time when the moon is near its closest approach to Earth in its orbit (the Super part). The Blood Moon part is due to the dul …

Rocketry Works offers almost any size mylar streamer you might want. These reflective 2 mil thin plastic streamers are a great way to safely recover lightweight models and reduce the risk that your model will drift beyond your flying field. Rocketry Works' standard streamer for small rockets (up to 40 grams or 1.4 oz) is 2 inches wide by 24 inches long, but we also offer custom cut streamers to meet your needs for heavier rockets. As an extreme example, the orange G Streamer Duration compe …

We recently had a customer looking for advice on a science fair project that depended on altimeter measurements from 10 flights of each of 3 Crossfire model rockets. This kind of high-stakes flying requires more durable build techniques than most model rocket builds, but the changes are not difficult, and will result in more consistently successful flights. Many rockets like the Crossfire use a piece of paper glued inside the motor tube near the top, but this kind of shock cord attachment ca …

We had a great time at Canyon View Elementary School last week, teaching the 2nd - 5th graders about Newton's laws of motion and seeing them in action with The Mighty Seltzer Rocket! These ingenious plastic test tube rockets are designed and built by Tucson's own CSC Toys, and they operate on water and Alka Seltzer tablets. Just add a bit of water, place a tablet on the holder, cap the tube, and invert the rocket on the ground to start the reaction. In a few seconds, the tube overpresurize …

Assembly video for the Luna glueless model rocket! Rocketry Works' Luna Model Rocket assembles in under 15 minutes in a classroom setting, without glue or tools beyond what comes in the bag! It's not yet in production, but you can preorder on the website! We can produce small quantities during the preorder phase. Here's an early prototype of what will be a more polished video showing how simply the model assembles:  …