The rocket sled at Sandia Labs is designed to intentionally slam bombs and missiles into a wall. The sled ride models the impact of weapons against surfaces. The results give engineers an idea how ...

WILLMAR - The story of a Willmar man's attempted flight with his homemade rocket bike has gone viral Tuesday. The 40-year-old man was injured Friday afternoon after attempting to fly a homemade rocket ...

Ky Michaelson, or The Rocketman as he’s known in some circles, doesn’t trudge through the frozen winter tundra like the rest of us. His custom-built rocket sled is modeled after a miniature Radio ...

ALAMOGORDO – Three, two, one, Fire! Then a wooden car whizzed down one of the hallways at Alamogordo High School Monday evening during a carbon dioxide car launcher demonstration. The demonstration ...

In his quest to become the fastest man on ice, Kurt Anderson naturally wanted to build a drag-racing sled powered by a rocket engine. He also added a pair of parachutes and an emergency brake called a ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is the Sonic Wind 1 rocket sled, which was powered by nine solid fuel rockets with 40,000 pounds total thrust for ...

Following hot on the heels of the Mythbusters’ epic rocket sled meets car obliteration, OObject has put together a list of 9 sleds that also involve fire, speed and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the RS-1 liquid-fuel rocket ...

Lt. Col. John P. Stapp has caught and passed a jet plane while riding his rocket-propelled sled to a record speed of 632 miles an hour. The daring HADC medical officer accomplished the feat in just ...

The way history unfolded means we humans have specific ideas of how certain things are supposed to work. Cars should have four wheels, motorcycles two, and the best way to shoot a spacecraft off the ...