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Rocket Dungeon: Hobbico buys Estes (2010-01-21)
It appears what people have suspected for some time has occurred... Estes has been sold .  It will be interesting to see how they evolve.  As long as they make motors...lots of motors, ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Cessaroni (CTI) Explosion (2016-03-25)
From http://rocketn00b.blogspot.com Two injured in Stouffville-area business explosion, fire One victim airlifted to Toronto hospital To see the newspaper report, CLICK HERE  [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: A small rocket powered exploration robot (2017-06-06)
IEEE Spectrum has an interesting article about JAXA's proposed, rocket-powered planetary exploration robot. The prototype flies on Estes C11's!  The single-use robot features a reaction wheel ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Hobbico Bankruptcy (2018-01-10)
Hobbico, the Champaign, IL company which owns Estes Industries (along with a large number of hobby outfitters), is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and layoffs may begin in April, according to an ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Hobbico Bankrupcy Comments From John Boren (2018-03-17)
Lots of conjecture on the forums about the future of Estes and the Hobbico bankruptcy. Some of this below relates to how many trademarks names Estes owns. Here's an exchange from YORF: LeeR "I ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: A Letter From Wes Oleszewski (Dr. Zooch) (2018-03-25)
Comment posted from Frank Claunch: Frank Claunch March 24, 2018 at 5:08 PM Did know if you have seen this yet From ‎Wes Oleszewski‎ to National Association of Rocketry To all of my friends and ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Hobbico Bids (2018-03-27)
Dan Bates posted a link on the Facebook Model Rocketry Fanatics page: Horizon Hobby agrees to make $18.8M bid for Hobbico units " The purchase won't include Estes, United Model, Revell US or Revell ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes Sold! (2018-03-29)
On the Rocketry Forum, Samb posted: "Estes Industries, LLC wins the auction for the Estes-Cox Lot. When the court approves the sale on Monday, April 2nd it's a done deal."  To see the contract: ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Leading Edge Rocketry Is Back! (2019-01-15)
In an email, Gary let me know: "I hadn't noticed this before, apparently Leading Edge Rocketry is back (since Oct. 2018). Several kits available on their new website:" There are A - F power ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: SBR/Fusion Rocket Closing (2019-01-26)
  Yesterday on Facebook, Scott Binder of SBR/FusionRocket.biz posted the following announcement. This is the End.... due to health reasons, Scott Binder Rocketry (SBR) and www ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Coming Soon from Estes (2019-03-04)
  Estes has a new website design debuting soon - probably in a day or two, if what Ellis Langford and Bill Stine told us at The Rocketry Show stays on schedule. For now, the above picture ... [Read More]

Wayne Hill's Blog: Students at USC send rocket into Space (2019-05-23)
Students at USC have sent a rocket into space (Karman Line). The rocket reached an apogee of 339,800 feet. Traveler IV ,the schools 4th attempt at this goal, roared to life on the pad and reached ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: The celebration begins... (2019-07-16)
Today marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the mission that landed the first men on the Moon. Huntsville and Marshall Space Flight Center played a very prominent role in Apollo, ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: More about Tuesday... (2019-07-20)
A friend of mine presented me with one of the rockets used in the 5000 rocket world record attempt on Tuesday - it's the Space Camp rocket, Pathfinder, with special stickers to commemorate the ... [Read More]