Model Rockets & Space Flight

This list of pages of articles and information for model rockets. The articles are from Air Trails and American Modeler, and there are also a few pages featuring the rocket models that I have built over the years.

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Apollo 8 Enters Orbit Around Moon on Christmas Eve 1968

NASA "Journey to the Moon" Poster

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 10, no. 2, June 1970

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 11, no. 1, January 1971

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 11, no. 2, June 1971

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 12, no. 1, January 1972

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 12, no. 4, September 1972

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 13, no. 2, July 1973

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 9, no. 1, February 1969

Estes Model Rocket News - vol. 9, no. 2, September 1969

Countdown: Low-Drag Design - May 1968 American Aircraft Modeler

Rocket Trails - March 1955 Air Trails Hobbies

Bomarc IM-99 - August 1958 American Modeler

Count-Down: Soviet MR-1 Meteo Sounding Rocket - March 1967 American Modeler

Estes Alpha Rocket - My and my son's (Philip) 1st model rocket

Estes Altiscope / AltiTrak - A 'close enough' instrument for measuring altitude

Estes Avenger Rocket - My 1st 2-stage model rocket

Rocket Trails: Boost Gliders: Winged "Birds" - March/April 1963 American Modeler

Estes Cobra 3-Engine Cluster Rocket - My 1st 3-engine cluster model rocket

Estes Falcon Rocket Boost Glider - My 1st rocket boost glider model

Estes 1971 Model Rocketry Catalog - This has all the models I built as a kid

Estes Gemini DC Rocket - My daughter's (Sally) 1st model rocket

Gemini VII Launch Announcement - December 4, 1965 TV Guide

Estes Gyroc Rocket - My 1st spin recovery system model rocket

Honest John Rocket Article - September 1968 American Aircraft Modeler

Estes Mercury Redstone Rocket - The original kits required much more construction skill

Milestone in Mankato: Ninth Rocketry Nats - January 1968 American Aircraft Modeler

My Model Rockets - As best as I can recall, these are the rockets I built as a kid

National Association of Rocketry Membership Application - January 1968 American Aircraft Modeler

Nike Smoke Sounding Rocket - April 1968 American Aircraft Modeler

Estes Orbital Transport - Rocket boost with separating glider

Philip with His First Estes Alpha Rocket - Smithsburg, Maryland

Estes Porta-Pad - The originals were wooden

Rocket Battle at Denver - April 1962 American Modeler

"Rocket College" for Model Makers - August 1959 American Modeler

Model Rocket Manufacturers & Retailers - A handy-dandy list

Rockets & Missiles at the Udvar-Hazy Center - May 10, 2012 visit to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (NASM), in Chantilly, Virginia.

National Association of Rocketry Membership Application - January 1968 American Aircraft Modeler

Rocket Trails - August 1962 American Modeler

Rocket Trails: Boost/Gliders on Upswing - July/August 1963 American Modeler

Rocket Trails - We Lead the U.S.S.R. - July 1962 American Modeler

Rocket Trails - How to Get Started in Model Rocketry - June 1962 American Modeler

Rocket Trails: 1962 Nationals Pix - December 1962 American Modeler

Rocket Trails - November/December 1963 American Modeler

Estes Zinger Rocket - My daughter, Sally, with her rocket

Semroc Saturn 1B Rocket - If you can find an original Estes kit, it'll run you $400 or more. Yet to be built...

Estes Saturn V Rocket - My pride and joy

Semroc Model Rocket Fin Alignment Guide - This is a very handy tool

Semroc Hawk Boost Glider Rocket Kit - Another hard to find original Estes kit.

Semroc Shrike Model Rocket Kit - Yet to be built...

Semroc V-2 Rocket Kit - I always wanted to have one of these when I was a kid, but never did.

This NATS Was for the Birds - 1963 Annual Edition American Modeler

The Truth About the Russian Space Program - July 1968 American Modeler

Peanuts Toys - Featuring Snoopy the Astronaut - 1969 Sears Christmas Wish Book

Estes Viking Rocket - Daughter, Sally's, model

Wombat Rocket-Boost Glider Plans - Compliments of David Wagner

X-Acto Advertisement - December 1962 American Modeler

Estes Yankee Rocket - Philip's first model rocket that he built by himself

Billy Blastoff - 1969 Sears Christmas Wish Book

G.I. Joe Astronaut's "Spacewalk" Outfit - 1969 Sears Christmas Wish Book

Revell's Saturn V and Visible V-8 Engine Models - 1969 Sears Christmas Wish Book

Rockets Away! More Than 500 Students Participate in NASA Student Launch Projects Challenge - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

First Music Live from Space by Wally Schirra & Thomas Stafford - December 16, 1965, Gemini 5