A device for slowing the descent of a rocket, sometimes used in place of a parachute in smaller rockets. The streamer consists of one or more long, narrow lengths of plastic, fabric or paper which are connected to the rocket in the same fashion as a parachute, and which deploy and flutter to slow and stabilize the falling rocket. Since streamers do not slow the descent as much as a parachute, they are normally only used on relatively small or very robustly-built model rockets. However, they are useful in windy conditions since they will not allow the descent to drift as much as a parachute will.