Draw your rocket · Free for every student

Draw it. I'll make it fly.

Here's the deal. You draw your rocket, any rocket. I do the engineering to make it fly straight, as close to your drawing as I can. You build it at the bootcamp, we launch it, and you take it home. For real. Up to 5,000 feet.

  1. 1Any shape
  2. 2Draw it
  3. 3Pick your flame
  4. 4Tell me about it
You have a drawing from before on this device.
Step 1 of 4
Draw anything. I mean it.

Cats, sharks, bananas, flying saucers, rockets with arms: at real launches people have flown stranger things than anything you will draw. Draw the rocket that is in your head. I only need two things from you.

✅ The two things I need

  • 1. Give it a back end. Fins, feathers, a tail, a skirt, a wide bottom: anything that says "this is the bottom."
  • 2. Leave room for the flame. A little space at the very bottom where the fire comes out.

🎨 Totally fine

  • Ears, wings, arms, legs, a tail, a big round head, a fat belly
  • Fins near the nose, fins everywhere, six fins, two fins
  • No fins at all, if it is a saucer or a spool
  • Two rockets stuck together, strap-on boosters
  • Faces, teeth, eyes, windows, stripes, your name, glitter

🔧 What I do with wild shapes

If your wings are near the front or your head is huge, I make the bottom fins a little bigger or tuck a small weight in the nose. You usually can't even see the difference. The only drawing I can't fly is one with no back end or no room for the flame, and then I just ask you to add it.

or scroll for proof and ideas
Yes, even these fly
Classic rocket with fins at the bottom
The classic. Fins at the bottom.
Rocket with small fins near the nose and bigger fins at the bottom
Fins up front too. Jets and missiles do this.
Flying saucer rocket
A saucer. No fins. Flies on drag.
Spool-shaped rocket
A spool. Two discs and a tube.
Rocket with arms
Arms. Light ones, in pairs.
Rocket with six fins
Lots of fins. Flies a bit lower.
Short fat rocket
Short and fat. Totally fine.
Rocket with fins only at the top
Fins only at the top? I add small ones at the bottom.
Plain tube with no fins
A tube with nothing? I add clear fins. Still your look.
Bent rocket body
A bent body? I build it straight and paint the bend.
True stories from real launches: people have flown a flying saucer, a spool of thread, a pyramid, a porta-potty, a Christmas tree, a pumpkin, a rubber chicken, a giant crayon, a red Solo cup, a kitchen sink and a dining room table with a pizza on it. Most of them on motors just like yours. Green check means it flies as drawn; orange question mark means I make one small change and tell you first.
Need ideas? Rocket sketches to get you going

Example sketches for now. Soon this will be real drawings from Dreamernaut kids (with their permission).

Step 2 of 4
Draw your rocket

Two ways to do it. Draw right here on the screen (works with a finger, a mouse, or a pen), or draw on paper with crayons and upload a photo of it.

Crayons
Size

Outlines are just to trace over if you want one. They never show up in your final drawing.

Your rocket drawing
Your rocket

Looking good. Happy with it?

Draw or upload your rocket first.
Step 3 of 4
Pick your flame

Rocket motors are made of different stuff, and each kind burns a different color, like fireworks. You pick the color. I pick the exact motor to match your rocket's weight and the launch site. Tap one to read about it.

Real rocket flames only come in these colors. There is no pink or purple flame yet, sorry. Paint your rocket pink instead, the flame will still look great under it.

Pick a flame to keep going.
Step 4 of 4
Tell me about your rocket

A few quick questions so I build exactly what you drew. Skip anything you don't know, I'll read the drawing. Parents: the contact part at the bottom is for you. * means I need it.

Not in a bootcamp group yet? Send the drawing anyway. It puts you on the list.
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Dreamernaut Labs

Every Dreamernaut rocket flies with a small science package (an altimeter and motion sensors, about the weight of a AA battery). Its flight record, the shape, the motor and the weather go into an open dataset of real rockets in real air. That is part of the program for every rocket. What Labs is →

Parent or guardian
Tanaka calls each family once to confirm the spot and answer questions. No texts, no marketing.
What happens to this: Tanaka uses your email and phone to confirm the spot and send the verdict. The drawing and these answers are read by Tanaka and, once the site is live, by an AI assistant that helps him check the shape. Nothing is shared or sold. The public tracking page shows only the rocket's name, your student's first name and the status. Flight data (altitude, speed, weather, the shape) is published in the open Labs dataset without any names unless you tick the credit box. Email tanaka@dreamernaut.com to delete it any time.
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Rocket received

It's in Mission Control!

Your tracking code. Write it down, screenshot it, or copy it. You can check on your rocket anytime with it.