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 ...

The space plane would take off aided by a rocket powered sled, from a 2-mile special runway, and then land horizontally like a plane.

Exactly what part of “rocket sled” sounds like a good idea to you? I’ll give you a hint: none of it. Separately sure, rockets and sleds can be slightly hazardous. But slap them together and ...

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 making things go boom ...

With a Rocket Sled Watch the video above to see NASA engineers use a rocket sled to test an enormous supersonic parachute that could one day land spacecraft on Mars.

Rocket sled testing is critical to bridging the gap between the laboratory and full-scale flight tests for weapon systems under development.

The Arctic Arrow sled left behind a trail of steam after taking off on Manawa’s frozen Bear Lake on Sunday. It sped hundreds of miles per hour on ice in seconds, reaching a top speed of 241 mph.

John Paul Stapp, a retired Air Force colonel and medical researcher who once rode a rocket-powered sled at a speed faster than a .45-caliber bullet in an experiment to test the limits of human endu… ...

The product of this updated technology is the Radian One, a new space plane that will replace vertical launch with a very unusual system — a rocket-powered sled.

What's a 'Rocket Sled?' Taylor Swift Explains Her New Contraption 6 Days Before Tour The star showed off another new aspect of her upcoming Reputation Stadium Tour, kicking off in Glendale ...

A long-gone German spaceplane design and its wacky way of launching have been brought to life by means of computer animation.