Estes Industries
For over forty years Estes Industries has been the world’s leader in the manufacturing of safe, reliable and high quality model rocket products. The need to provide an easy to use and exciting teaching aid for science awareness and education was the trust behind Vern Estes’ development of Estes Industries back in 1958.

Since then, due mainly to the mass produced and extremely reliable model rocket engine technology he developed, over 300 million safe, successful launches have occurred. From its inception, our qualities have made model rocketry a safe and easy to use learning medium for instructors in all learning environments. These qualities are:

1. Precisely manufactured, expendable solid propellant engines that are of proven design, tested safe and conform to strict performance parameters.
   
2. Safety oriented rocket construction materials. Model are designed to absorb the energy of any impact by crushing.
   
3. Absolute control of the launch sequence through the use of an electrical launch controller, stable launch pad and electrical igniter.
   
4. Reliable recovery mechanisms to return the rocket safely to the ground for subsequent flights.