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) ...

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The test earned Col. Stapp the honor of the highest G forces voluntarily experienced by any human. It also shut down the rocket sled program—the Air Force realized Col. Stapp’s medical and ...

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 ...