We would love to have you,' " Anderson said. Plus, it was cheaper to ship his 26-foot-long rocket sled to Sweden than to buy the insurance needed for Lake Minnetonka.

Radian’s solution is a rocket-powered sled that runs along a two-mile rail and accelerates up to Mach 0.7 — 537 mph (864 kilometers per hour) — before releasing the space plane, which then ...

Sandia’s rocket sled is still in use today. In 2016, Sandia reported it was using the sled to simulate the B61-12, America’s newest tactical nuclear bomb, in a “high-speed accident.” The ...

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 ...

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. Oh yeah, did we mention that NASA has a rocket sled?

The Sonic Wind 1 rocket sled used by Col. John P. Stapp to become the "Fastest Man on Earth" is now displayed at the New Mexico Museum of Space History. (Image credit: Holloman Air Force Base) ...

John Paul Stapp riding the rocket sled that was only intended for crash test dummies to prove that people couldnt withstand deceleration beyond 18G. Stapp tested it to 35G. 6,400 mph Rocket Sled ...

Radian’s solution is a rocket-powered sled that runs along a two-mile rail and accelerates up to Mach 0.7 — 537 mph (864 kilometers per hour) — before releasing the space plane, which then ...