We spend a lot of time ensuring we get the best possible price for shipping hazardous goods to you. We constantly investigate and evaluate current and potential new shipping methods. To back this up we now guarantee to match any other company shipp ...

(Read More...)

A new national rocketry organisation has been launched called the British Rocket Flying Association. They hope to represent rocketeers interests and liase with government bodies to get the best deal possible for rocketeers. The new organisation i ...

(Read More...)

Not long now until the EARS November spectacular. For those who have never visited a November meeting at the East Anglia Rocket Society, then you are missing out on a great fireworks display. EARS, a well established rocket club just outside Cam ...

(Read More...)

Over the past few weeks we have been working to get the UK motor list as accurately as possible. Some updates so far: 1. Quest Motors. We have added all the Quest motors to the list that we can find suitable evidence for. The B6-0 unfortunately ...

(Read More...)

With so many motors now in production, it is difficult for customers to realise which ones we can import into the UK. Many of the motors don't have the relevant certification for the UK market. We have therefore compiled a list of all motors which ...

(Read More...)

Very sad news indeed, we are no longer able to ship any form of rocket motor, even Estes motors out of mainland Great Britain by courier. This is a great shame for rocketeers in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Guernsey. Both of the 2 ...

(Read More...)

Big Ears is approaching soon. The event will be held on the 1st-3rd May., a fantastic 3 day event. For more information, see their webpage at http://www.ears.org.uk/launches/bigears/inde ...

(Read More...)

Following on from the decision by the United Kingdom Rocketry Association to withdraw all support for the UKAYROC contest, Rocket Store is also following their decision. From a commercial angle the UKAYROC contest (UK version of TARC) has faced so ...

(Read More...)

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 18th October 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

(Read More...)

The NASA LCROSS project is almost complete and at 11am tomorrow a rocket will be fired from the shepherding vehicle into the surface of the moon. The shepherding vehicle will then plunge towards the surface analysing the debris thrown up by the rock ...

(Read More...)

Today Rocket Store launch a new Educational Discount Program referral scheme. As a rocketeer you can get free rocket Store vouchers by just getting your local school to join our Educational Discount Program. Our EDP has proved to be a great success ...

(Read More...)

We have now been running the Educational Discount Program for a while. It was always thought that the program would change over time and evolve in order to best suit schools, the market and the industry. So version 2 of the program has now increa ...

(Read More...)

Rocket Store launches their new Rocketry Forum Centre. A primary goal of the new forum is to improve communication between Rocket Store and schools specifically with regard the UKAYROC contest, but also to cater for thousands of model rocketeers in ...

(Read More...)

This year the UKAYROC contest has some interesting changes, one of which is bringing down the maximum motor impulse from a G to an F motor. With the cost of an Aerotech F motor being only approx £9 compared to a cluster of Estes D motors costing £16 ...

(Read More...)

MRC & UKRA "October Sky" weekend event The event is being held on the 10th to the 11th of October 2009 at our Twycross 2 Flying Site (Camping available from Friday pm) ...

(Read More...)

EARS will be hosting their September meeting this coming Sunday on the 12th. EARS is a premier rocket club in the UK and hosts one of the best meetings in the country. So if you haven't been before then why not visit the EARS club at Cambridge. ...

(Read More...)

July EARS is on. EARS will be hosting their July meeting this coming Sunday on the 12th. It is possible and usual that the next meeting does not occur due to harvest so if you have something you want to fly then July meeting is the time. EARS is ...

(Read More...)

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 21st June 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

(Read More...)

EARS will be hosting their June meeting this coming Sunday on the 7th. It is possible and usual that the next couple of meetings dont occur due to harvest so if you have something you want to fly then June meeting is the time. EARS is a premier r ...

(Read More...)

For many years rocketeers in the US have been challenging the BATFE decision to class AP motors as an explosive. This regulation over the years has made it difficult for many flyers in the US to participate due to the costs of an LEUP (equivalent to ...

(Read More...)

Rocket Store have started tweeting. In an effort to keep our customers and followers informed of what we are up to, we have created a Rocket Store Twitter site. To keep up to date on our status, just try htt ...

(Read More...)

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 18th May 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

(Read More...)

Big Ears is almost here, the biggest and best meeting from EARS in Cambridge. This 2 day rocket feast starts on Friday 8th May, with flying on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May. Why not camp over and enjoy the whole weekend ! For more information ...

(Read More...)

The next meeting for rocketeers in the Midlands is at the new Black Knights launch site in Oxhill just outside Coventry on the 19th April 2009. This new site is huge and offers a large recovery area for flights up to K class and a 7,000ft ceiling. ...

(Read More...)

Congratulations to The Royal Liberty School in Romford the 2009 winners of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge. On April 2nd 2009 at Charterhouse School, Surrey, 20 teams from across the UK gathered for the final of the 2009 UK Aerospace You ...

(Read More...)

EARS will be hosting their final meeting before the large BIG EARS event. So if you have a rocket that needs a final test flight this is your time. EARS is a premier rocket club in the UK and hosts one of the best meetings in the country. So if yo ...

(Read More...)

The winter build season is over and the launches begin. EARS will be holding its first event of the year this Sunday, 1st March 2009. Rocket Store will be there with the normal mobile shop, however if there is something you must have and don't want ...

(Read More...)

Black Knights are having a meeting this Sunday on the 15h Feb to help UKAYROC teams perform their qualifying flights. Please see their website at www.blackknights.org.uk for more information. ...

(Read More...)

Time flies by fast and the time for qualifying flights is coming to an end. All qualifying flights for the UKAYROC competition have to be filed with Space Connections by midday on the 2nd March 2009. ...

(Read More...)

Rocket Store today officially launched its new Educational Discount Program. The EDP is currently only available to schools, colleges and universities, however it is possible it may be released to scouts and other groups in the future. This new p ...

(Read More...)

Schools who have designed rockets to use motors other than Estes, should apply for their RCA document as soon as possible. Although an explosives license is no longer required to purchase small quantities of AP motors, a Recipient Competent Author ...

(Read More...)

Christmas Eve is our last day for a couple of days and we are looking forward to at least a little time off. 2008 has been an excellent year for Rocket Store and for hobby in general. We believe rockets are as popular as ever and still growing. ...

(Read More...)

Updated RockSim-compatible .eng & .rse files for AeroTech and Kosdon-by-AeroTech (KBA) motors have been posted to the Resource Library under the "RockSim Motor Data" heading, on the Aerotech website cour ...

(Read More...)

Rocket Store is very pleased to announce that we are now able to ship all explosives items via TNT courier within the UK. We believe we are the first and only rocket company granted access to this special service offered by TNT and therefore Rocket S ...

(Read More...)

Rocket Store is currently putting together a new Motor Distribution Program (MDP) and needs your help formulating the best package possible. The new MDP will take advantage of our soon to be announced AP Shipping Service. Our new AP Shipping Servi ...

(Read More...)

For some time now, we have been thinking about setting up a UK Rocketry portal. During the current development of our new release of the Rocket Store site, we have come to realise more and more that this is the right thing to do. This allows us to se ...

(Read More...)

24 teams have now expressed an interest in the UKAYRoC challenge. UKAYRoC is the ultimate rocket challenge for year 7-11 school children. Launch an egg to 750 feet and return it safely to mother earth. Registration is open until 5th December 200 ...

(Read More...)