Area students will have a chance next week to learn more about the true story of the famed Rocket Boys of McDowell County.

Homer H. Hickam, Jr., the second son of Homer and Elsie Hickam, was raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. He graduated from Big Creek High School in 1960 and from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute ...

Having been blamed for starting a forest fire with one of their rockets, Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Quentin (Chris Owen) work on the trigonometry calculations to prove that the rocket could ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author, Homer Hickam, talked about his book "Rocket Boys". He talked about his fascination of the space program and career with NASA. Author Homer ...

Area students will have a chance next week to learn more about the true story of the famed Rocket Boys of McDowell County.