Hundreds of thousands of Americans fly model rockets, but the hobby is being threatened by increased federal regulation. View Slideshow On a recent weekend, Erik Ebert traveled to Nevada's remote ...

When they burn space shuttle fuel, hit speeds of mach 2 and climb to 15,000 ft., do you still call them model rockets? Welcome to the world of extreme hobbies.

Mark Howe describes himself as a born-again rocketeer. After first enjoying hobby rockets as a child, the Spokane resident took it up again and regained the enthusiasm he had as a kid when he saw ...

High-performance hobby rockets have three pieces that require assembly on launch day: a nose cone that carries lead to counterbalance the rocket's thrust, a midsection with two parachutes, and a ...

WASHINGTON - Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi's effort to exempt hobby rocketeers from the homeland security law is under fire from two Democratic senators from the states most affected by the ...