EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION

The American Rocketry Challenge

The American Rocketry Challenge is the world’s largest student rocket competition. Competing teams from high schools and middle schools gain hands-on engineering experience by designing, building, testing, and launching model rockets to meet rigorous requirements. The program fosters leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills as students deepen their interest and passion for aerospace and STEM.

ROCKETRY ASSOCIATIONS

National Association of Rocketry (NAR)

The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) supports sport and competition flying of both model and high power rocketry. It holds an annual national competition (NARAM) and a national sport launch (NSL) along with other events. The NAR also sanctions local affiliated clubs ("Sections") and launches throughout the country. It provides insurance, publications, technical services as well as other membership benefits.

Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA)

The Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) is mainly concerned with high power rocketry (although many of its' members fly rockets of all sizes). It hosts an annual national high power launch (LDRS). Like the NAR, Tripoli sanctions local affiliated clubs ("Prefects") and launches throughout the country. It also provides insurance, publications, and other membership benefits.

Canadian Association of Rocketry (CAR)

Similar to the NAR, Association Canadienne de Fuséologie is a volunteer run-organization open to anyone with a keen desire to safely participate in high power or model rocketry. High power rocketry has grown quickly in popularity, and the CAR-ACF and its affiliate clubs are hosting high power events on a routine basis.

GENERAL ROCKETRY RESOURCES

The Rocketry Forum

The Rocketry Forum (TRF) is a popular online discussion forum for rocketry hobbyists.

Ye Olde Rocket Forums

Ye Olde Rocket Forums (YORK) is another popular online discussion forum for rocketry hobbyists.

RocketReviews.com

RocketReviews.com features a collection of over 5000 rocketry product reviews as well as flight logs and much more.

Model Rocket Building Blog

The Model Rocket Building Blog is one of the most highly regarded step-by-step building resources in the rocketry community. It was created and is maintained by Chris Michielssen, a master craftsman and the creator of Odd'l Rockets.

ONLINE SCALE DATA SOURCES

The sites listed below may not be directly aimed at model builders, but they do contain information, photos and the like that can be of benefit when building scale models.

Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles

The Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles presents concise information about all missiles and rockets which have received a numerical designation in the DOD's joint Designation System for Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles since 27 June 1963. The site is a good resource for photos, general information, some dimensional data, and additional links for many real rockets and missiles.

Historic Spacecraft

This website includes over 1500 photographs and over 500 original illustrations of space hardware, spacecraft, and rockets.

Spaceline

Spaceline provides a photo gallery and fact sheets on every rocket and missile program flown from Cape Canaveral.

White Sands Missile Range Museum

This website is sponsored by the White Sands Missile Range Historical Foundation and dedicated to the support of the White Sands Missile Range Museum to collect, house, catalogue, preserve, display, and maintain the history of White Sands Missile Range. The site has many photos and some basic info on a variety of missiles and rockets tested at White Sands,

V-2Rocket.com

This site provides an accurate account of the design, production and combat deployment of the V-2 during World War II. It has photos, videos, and some direct modeling info.