Many Americans know the V-2 rocket mainly as the beginning of the space program. Tha...  ...a very important weapon. During World War II, the rockets were built at a concentration camp called Dora, w...  ...e interred at Dora. Some of them built 6000 V–2 rockets between August...

Someone mentioned that John Coker's homemade rockets looked like crayons, so he ran with the idea. His...  ...like crayons, so he ran with the idea. His crayon rockets were launched all together from a crayon box! Wel...

Next generation space travel is closer to reality...  ...ace travel is closer to reality with the Ares 1-X rocket making its debut this week.  The Constellation P...  ...ation Program's centerpiece is supposed to be the rocket that launches Orion, the ship that will take astr...  ...view said the agency may hav...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwz...  ...ssfully launched a 1:10 scale model of a Saturn V Rocket . The Saturn V is the rocket that took NASA astronauts to the Moon during the...  ...Apollo missions. The launch of the 36 foot tall rocket also breaks the reco...

To be fair, the Russians aren't attacking. In fac...  ...expected it. Debris from launched spacecraft and rocketry regularly fall back into the atmosphere. Stilll,...  ...ace junk from the second stage of a Russian Soyuz rocket falling back to Earth, according to an official w...  ....S. Naval Observatory. Th...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Sta...  ...e, Polecat Aerospace built a 21 foot (6.4 m) long rocket shaped like an X-Wing Fighter! And they're going...  ...l ways. The first is just the massive size of the rocket . It is over 21' long, with a wingspan of over 19'...