Get ready to soar to new heights with this easy and fun DIY project! Learn how to turn a plastic bottle into a rocket that can actually blast off into the air. This creative and educational science ...

Standard soda bottles generally fail at around 150 PSI, but you don’t want to go anywhere near that level; your carefully built rocket exploding into plastic shrapnel will ruin your day, I promise.

You start with some soda in a bottle and you pour a bit of it out (to make room for the butane). Next, you add the butane on the top of the soda. Butane has a boiling point of 30°F (-1°C).

All you need is baking soda, vinegar, a paper towel, three pencils, some tape, and a plastic soda bottle. This basic chemical reaction can launch the rocket up to 100 feet.

SAFETY: This rocket uses air pressure to fling a bottle at high speed 20–50 metres. The bottle must be made entirely of plastic, it must have no sharp points and it must be for a fizzy drink, so ...

Idaho State University's Physics Department students taught the kids a little about physics and showed them how to build their own water-powered rockets.