A simple homemade rocket is built using everyday materials to demonstrate basic thrust and propulsion principles in action.

POCATELLO — The Idaho State University Physics Department’s annual Water Rocket Festival returns this weekend where aspiring scientists and science-loving youth will be given the chance to build and ...

A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. "Mad" ...

Daredevil and flat-Earth promoter “Mad” Mike Hughes died Saturday when his homemade rocket crashed near Barstow, California, NBC News reports. A steam-powered rocket, which Hughes had hoped would ...