Flying a thrust-vectoring rocket can be a challenge, and even more so if you stack multiple stages and a minimalist flight computer on top of it all. But [Joe Barnard] is not one to shy away from s… ...

On the latest attempt with a brand-new thrust vectoring Scout E rocket, he has gotten tantalizingly close to doing a controlled propulsive landing with a solid-fuel rocket motor.

Kapoor’s rocket uses the same thrust vectoring approach as Barnard’s but uses flight data from a barometer and an accelerometer to accurately determine when a second engine needs to fire to ...

A young man without space-exploration schooling replicates Falcon 9 flight with a rocket model; he now aims to send one of his rockets into space ...