model rocket
Hobbyist's launchable projectile
A model rocket is a small rocket designed for hobbyist launching, typically powered by commercial solid-fuel engines and built from lightweight materials like cardboard and balsa wood.
Unlike professional rockets, model rockets are engineered to be recoverable—usually descending by parachute—and safely relaunched: We spent Saturday launching model rockets in the field.
The hobby emerged in the 1950s as a safer alternative to homemade explosives that injured young experimenters.
- launchSet into motion
- launch padRocket departure platform
- finsSwimming appendages
- nose coneTapered forward section
- engineMachine producing motion
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- STEM competitionshackathon, coding challenge, egg drop, bridge building, balsa wood
- solid rocketsaluminum powder
- rocketsballistic missile, booster, boosters, Saturn V, Falcon 9
- science educationscience fair, science class, science teachers, science lab, science projects
- miniaturesminiatures, figurines, figurine, miniature sculptures, dollhouses
- engineering toysLego, Erector Set, Magna-Tiles, robot kit, hydraulic arm
model rocketorbital rocket
Craft achieving sustained spaceflight
Saturn V · Falcon 9 · intercontinental ballistic missile · ICBM · ballistic missile
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