The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists ... the first stage blasted its way back and was caught by the giant metal arms of the launch tower, in a system SpaceX dubs Mechazilla.

When you’re building advanced rockets as BPS.Space are, an unreliable launchpad is the something you really don’t want to be struggling with. [Joe Barnard] is working on a model rocket that ...

Take Estes Rockets, based in Penrose, Colorado. The company got its start during the space race in the 1950s. It’s now the country’s biggest manufacturer of model rockets for hobbyists.

When you’re building and launching a variety of advanced model rockets like [Joe Barnard], you don’t want to spend time building (and debugging) specialized flight computers for every rocket ...

The first part of the plan succeeded several minutes after launch when the first stage blasted its way back and was caught by the giant metal arms ... known for its model rockets for hobbyists.