He climbed into a homemade, steam-powered rocket believing the risks were under control. Seconds after launch, a parachute ...

A group of U.S. students has smashed a series of world records after launching a "homemade" rocket farther and faster into space than any other amateur rocket. The student-made missile soared 90,000 ...

At t-minus 60 seconds before liftoff Friday morning, Laura Peticolas could be seen on a Zoom call crossing her fingers on both hands. Peticolas, a Sonoma State University professor who is director of ...